Toyota RAV4 2013–2014 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin T-SB-0023-15 · NHTSA communication 10111176 · issued May 12, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2013–2014
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
TSB: Some 2013 - 2014 model year RAV4 vehicles may exhibit a brief shudder intermittently while driving under light loads between approximately 25 and 50 mph. The torque converter and Engine Control Module/ECM (SAE term: Powertrain Control Module/PCM) logic have been modified to reduce the possibility of this condition occurring. Please follow the Repair Procedure below to address this condition.
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.