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Toyota Avalon 2005technical service bulletin

Bulletin 06405 · NHTSA communication 10018855 · issued Dec 23, 2005

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2005
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Engine oil drip: bank 1 vvti oil line. Vehicles may experience a small/slow oil drip from the bank 1 vvti oil supply line on the front of the engine. *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.