Toyota Avalon 2015 — technical 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.
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.