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Toyota Avalon 2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin T-SB-0235-17 · NHTSA communication 10115272 · issued Jul 7, 2017

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2018
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

TSB: An initialization procedure is required to activate the Entune App Suite Connect for Entune 3.0 Audio, Entune 3.0 Audio Plus and Entune 3.0 Premium Audio head units before they are used for the first time on new vehicles. The initialization procedure may also need to be performed under other circumstances, such as following a head unit replacement or after the customer's personal settings are erased. The initialization procedure requires between 3 and 15 minutes to complete, depending on file size, cellular connection speed and other factors.

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.