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Toyota Highlander 2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin T-TT-0436-17 · NHTSA communication 10131788 · issued Feb 22, 2017

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2017
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

TT: The spare tire tool mat has been discontinued on 2017 model year Highlander and Highlander HV beginning with vehicles produced on December 6th, 2016.

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.