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Toyota 4 Runner 2003technical service bulletin

Bulletin TC03015 · NHTSA communication 10003486 · issued Jul 24, 2003

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Vehicle Speed Control
component
2003
model years
5
vehicle entries

Official summary

The throttle body motor may malfunction causing the malfunction indicator light (mil) to illuminate on the dash, and the engine control module (ecm) will store a trouble code and place the vehicle into a limp home mode. Toyota will initiate special service campaign 30i to inspect and/or replace the throttle body. *tt

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.