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Toyota Avalon 2015technical service bulletin

Bulletin T-SB-0027-14 · NHTSA communication 10131815 · issued Apr 16, 2014

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2015
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

Hybrid vehicles are equipped with 2 types of batteries: Hybrid Vehicle (HV) battery, 12-volt auxiliary battery. If the hybrid vehicle is put into storage, the state of charge (SOC) of its HV battery and auxiliary battery will gradually decrease. To prevent the auxiliary battery from becoming discharged during storage, proper maintenance is necessary.

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.