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Toyota Tundra 2014–2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin T-TT-0459-17 · NHTSA communication 10132671 · issued Oct 10, 2017

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment Adaptive/mobility
component
2014–2018
model years
5
vehicle entries

Official summary

TT: Some customers may experience Tailgate Cable Stay slack appearance. Tailgate Cable Stays are designed to have some slack when the Tailgate does not have a load applied, this is due to Tailgate loading requirements.

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.