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Toyota Avalon 2012–2014technical service bulletin

Bulletin T-SB-0060-12 Rev · NHTSA communication 10132205 · issued Aug 13, 2013

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2012–2014
model years
16
vehicle entries

Official summary

An Initialization Process is required to activate the Entune? suite of Apps & Data Services on Premium HDD Navigation with Entune? and Display Navigation with Entune? head units before they are used for the first time on new vehicles. The Initialization Process 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 process requires between 3 and 15 minutes to complete, depending on the type of head unit, 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.