Scion IA 2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin S-TT-0097-15 · NHTSA communication 10134249 · issued Sep 25, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2016
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
TT: After a heavily discharged ?dead? battery or jumpstart, you may encounter a condition where the vehicle does not move in reverse. This condition can occur when the vehicle?s battery cannot provide sufficient energy/voltage ~12 Volts to power the automatic transmission solenoid. No transmission repairs should be attempted for this condition if normal operation is restored after the battery is properly charged.
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.