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Toyota Prius 2012–2014technical service bulletin

Bulletin SSC-14-R-1 · NHTSA communication 10056127 · issued Sep 15, 2014

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seats
component
2012–2014
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

Toyota: see document search button for owner letter. The non toyota seat heater system, installed as gst, on certain vehicles, fail due to wiring connectors and seat heater can turn off and not work. Model 2012-2014 prius v. *pe

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.