Toyota Avalon 2012–2014 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin T-TT-0222-13 · NHTSA communication 10133856 · issued Feb 25, 2013
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Steering
component
2012–2014
model years
14
vehicle entries
Official summary
The vehicle will not start or ready-on and the steering wheel lock is engaged so that the steering wheel may only be turned very little from side-to-side.
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.