System loading message.
10-28-20, 09:48 AM
#16
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Costco has this for $90:
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10-28-20, 11:03 AM
#17
Lead Lap
I'm not sure that, for the "system loading" message to be triggered, the battery necessarily must be at a lower charge level.
I store my 2017 ES during the winter, and I use a Battery Tender to keep the battery at full charge levels. Every year, when I take the car out of storage in March, I get that "system loading" message even though the battery has been maintained through the winter at a full charge level.
I store my 2017 ES during the winter, and I use a Battery Tender to keep the battery at full charge levels. Every year, when I take the car out of storage in March, I get that "system loading" message even though the battery has been maintained through the winter at a full charge level.
10-28-20, 11:59 AM
#18
Instructor
Thread Starter
I also get the "system loading" message when my '14 ES350 sits for about a month. Only issue is the nav system goes to the default factory settings on voice and speed ranges. This has happened with the original battery and its replacement so I suspect it is a navigation quirk.
For me it is easier to just re-enter my preferred nav settings than it would be to mess with a battery tender.
When I replaced my battery I dont think any settings were lost, but you may need to cycle the ignition switch a few times before starting to keep the alarm system happy.
For me it is easier to just re-enter my preferred nav settings than it would be to mess with a battery tender.
When I replaced my battery I dont think any settings were lost, but you may need to cycle the ignition switch a few times before starting to keep the alarm system happy.
Can you link to that $4.99 battery maintainer?
10-28-20, 11:59 AM
#19
Instructor
Thread Starter
I'm not sure that, for the "system loading" message to be triggered, the battery necessarily must be at a lower charge level.
I store my 2017 ES during the winter, and I use a Battery Tender to keep the battery at full charge levels. Every year, when I take the car out of storage in March, I get that "system loading" message even though the battery has been maintained through the winter at a full charge level.
I store my 2017 ES during the winter, and I use a Battery Tender to keep the battery at full charge levels. Every year, when I take the car out of storage in March, I get that "system loading" message even though the battery has been maintained through the winter at a full charge level.
10-28-20, 12:01 PM
#20
Instructor
Thread Starter
I also get the "system loading" message when my '14 ES350 sits for about a month. Only issue is the nav system goes to the default factory settings on voice and speed ranges. This has happened with the original battery and its replacement so I suspect it is a navigation quirk.
For me it is easier to just re-enter my preferred nav settings than it would be to mess with a battery tender.
When I replaced my battery I dont think any settings were lost, but you may need to cycle the ignition switch a few times before starting to keep the alarm system happy.
For me it is easier to just re-enter my preferred nav settings than it would be to mess with a battery tender.
When I replaced my battery I dont think any settings were lost, but you may need to cycle the ignition switch a few times before starting to keep the alarm system happy.
But I can go a few weeks without going on the freeway, as I do mostly city road driving.
10-28-20, 02:21 PM
#21
Lead Lap
10-29-20, 07:54 AM
#23
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11-04-20, 06:29 AM
#25
How long was the car sitting since it was last used? Mine sits on a battery tender and after a few weeks of not driving it, I get the same message. The only thing I really notice is that my memory stick settings revert back to default and I need to set it back up. I would not notice any change with nav settings, since i rarely use it. What you're seeing seems normal.
11-04-20, 12:42 PM
#26
Instructor
Thread Starter
How long was the car sitting since it was last used? Mine sits on a battery tender and after a few weeks of not driving it, I get the same message. The only thing I really notice is that my memory stick settings revert back to default and I need to set it back up. I would not notice any change with nav settings, since i rarely use it. What you're seeing seems normal.
Oct. 24th was when I got the message. It had been 6 days since its last use then.
02-22-21, 12:32 PM
#27
Instructor
Thread Starter
The system loading error message and map / location error, happened to me again on:
December 27, 2020.
February 17, 2021. In the latter case, I had already been using the car for short errands, before it happened.
Here's kind of a how I've encountered it:
* Turn on car power (not engine); set GPS destination; turn on full car power (then encounter system loading).
* Turn on car power (not engine), set radio station; turn on full car power (then encounter system loading).
The past few times this has happened, this is what I've done before it happened. I've done one of the above steps.
However, I've also done these same actions hundreds of times, without getting a system loading message too.
December 27, 2020.
February 17, 2021. In the latter case, I had already been using the car for short errands, before it happened.
Here's kind of a how I've encountered it:
* Turn on car power (not engine); set GPS destination; turn on full car power (then encounter system loading).
* Turn on car power (not engine), set radio station; turn on full car power (then encounter system loading).
The past few times this has happened, this is what I've done before it happened. I've done one of the above steps.
However, I've also done these same actions hundreds of times, without getting a system loading message too.
02-22-21, 01:03 PM
#28
Can I use the 2 amp switch on my 10 amp regular battery charger to maintain battery when sitting for weeks in my garage?
also can I leave the battery hooked up?
also can I leave the battery hooked up?
Last edited by jstagn; 02-22-21 at 01:04 PM. Reason: Spell
02-22-21, 01:21 PM
#29
Lead Lap
The system loading error message and map / location error, happened to me again on:
December 27, 2020.
February 17, 2021. In the latter case, I had already been using the car for short errands, before it happened.
Here's kind of a how I've encountered it:
* Turn on car power (not engine); set GPS destination; turn on full car power (then encounter system loading).
* Turn on car power (not engine), set radio station; turn on full car power (then encounter system loading).
The past few times this has happened, this is what I've done before it happened. I've done one of the above steps.
However, I've also done these same actions hundreds of times, without getting a system loading message too.
December 27, 2020.
February 17, 2021. In the latter case, I had already been using the car for short errands, before it happened.
Here's kind of a how I've encountered it:
* Turn on car power (not engine); set GPS destination; turn on full car power (then encounter system loading).
* Turn on car power (not engine), set radio station; turn on full car power (then encounter system loading).
The past few times this has happened, this is what I've done before it happened. I've done one of the above steps.
However, I've also done these same actions hundreds of times, without getting a system loading message too.
Even if your battery is 100% charged, it can still be weak. If the battery is weak and if you use the car in the ACC position to do things like setting your destination without starting the engine, that weak battery can drain quickly, which is what I'm guessing happened in the two most recent times that you got the system loading message.
02-22-21, 01:25 PM
#30
Lead Lap