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Toyota Prius 2010–2012technical service bulletin

Bulletin T-SB-0204-12_Rev · NHTSA communication 10129997 · issued Feb 21, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Exterior Lighting
component
2010–2012
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

TSB: REVISION NOTICE February 21, 2018 Rev2: ? Applicability has been updated to include 2012 model year Prius vehicles. ? The Required Tools & Equipment section has been updated. October 17, 2017 Rev1: ? The Repair Procedure section has been updated. Any previous printed versions of this bulletin should be discarded. Some 2010 ? 2012 model year Prius vehicles may exhibit a condition where a halogen low beam headlamp bulb lifetime is shorter than customer expectation. Follow the Repair Procedure in this bulletin to address 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.