Lexus RX350 2016–2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin L-SB-0175-17 · NHTSA communication 10133642 · issued Nov 16, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Vehicle Speed Control
component
2016–2017
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
TSB: NOTE This Service Bulletin is ONLY applicable to RX models with VINs starting with ?2T2.? Vehicles with VINs starting with ?JTJ? are NOT affected. Some 2016 ? 2017 model year RX 350 and RX 450h vehicles produced in North America may exhibit a ?spring? noise upon release of the accelerator pedal. Follow the Repair Procedure below to address this condition.
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.