Toyota Avalon 2015–2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin GST-16R3D-061620 · NHTSA communication 10081088 · issued Jun 16, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Visibility
component
2015–2016
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
This communication is informing all dealer principals, general managers, service managers & parts managers of a special service campaign initiated by gulf states toyota, inc. (gst) to inspect and repair 866 toyota avalon vehicles equipped with a non-toyota glass break sensor which may experience an abnormally high parasitic current draw when the ignition is off. This condition could potentially result in a drain on the vehicle s battery. The non-toyota glass break sensors were installed as a gst installed option under gst p/n 00012-41420-01.
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.