Lexus ES300 2003 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 3LF · NHTSA communication 10003487 · issued Jul 24, 2003
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Vehicle Speed Control
component
2003
model years
6
vehicle entries
Official summary
Special service campaign 3lf to inspect and/or replace the throttle body assembly. An electrical contact in the throttle body motor may malfunction causing the malfunction indicator light (mil) to illuminate on the dash and the engine control module (ecm) to store a trouble code and place the vehicle into a limp home mode. *tt
Vehicles covered
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.