Many of the features you want are only available if you have the Toyota app, register yourself as a user, and do all their other online nonsense.
I might be the only Toyota owner who doesn't do any of that. I have the BZ4X Limited. I can't use anything that would personalize the car without opting into all manner of crazy surveillance and (in the US) giving up my right to sue.
They are *desperate* for people to install their app, give them telemetry, and pay for subscription services. Even though I have had plenty of cars in the past that remembered seat positions and such, this one won't do it without the Toyota app and an internet connection.
Amusingly enough, I bought mine secondhand. And, the night I got it, the prior owner was **still registered** on it. So their Toyota app, if they still used it, had the exact GPS location of my car and they could unlock the doors using their phone, even though I was the car's owner.
I wanted to wipe their profile from the car, but since I refused to install the Toyota app, I had to call in to support. They remotely wiped the car on nothing more than me saying I was the owner and providing the VIN.
Don't get me wrong, I *love* the car. But I plan to have as much of a relationship with my car maker as I have with my underwear maker. That is to say: none.
Paco Hope
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2026-09-09 03:51:41 UTC
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