Toyota Highlander 2014–2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin T-TT-0357-15 · NHTSA communication 10134217 · issued Sep 2, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2014–2015
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
TT: Spare Tire Carrier will bind/seize when lowering or raising spare tire or cable will not fully extend when attempting to lower spare tire, therefore making it difficult to remove from the cable.
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.