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Lexus IS 250 2006–2009technical service bulletin

Bulletin L-SB-0186-09 Rev · NHTSA communication 10111596 · issued Aug 11, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Visibility
component
2006–2009
model years
15
vehicle entries

Official summary

TSB: August 11, 2016 Rev1: ? GS model vehicles were removed and a new bulletin L-SB-0043-16 is now available for this model. Any previous printed versions of this bulletin should be discarded. Some 2006 - 2009 model year IS 250/350, 2008 - 2009 model year IS-F, 2007 - 2009 LS 460/460L, and 2008 - 2009 LS 600h models may exhibit a discolored and/or "striped" condition inside the inner rear view mirror glass as shown in Figure 1. An improved service part has been developed to correct this condition.

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.