Lexus CT Hybrid 2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin L-SB-0008-16 · NHTSA communication 10134273 · issued Feb 2, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2016
model years
22
vehicle entries
Official summary
LSB: A battery in a stored vehicle is subject to conditions that can reduce its performance and life. These conditions include storage period, temperature, parasitic drain, and battery load. Because of these factors, battery inspection and maintenance are required in order to ensure proper operation and optimal battery life. As a matter of policy, Toyota does NOT provide warranty coverage for discharged and/or failed batteries due to lack of maintenance. It is the dealer?s responsibility to maintain specified State of Charge (SOC) of the vehicle?s battery while in stock and assure proper State
Vehicles covered
- 2016 Lexus CT Hybrid
- 2016 Lexus ES350
- 2016 Lexus ES Hybrid
- 2016 Lexus GS 200T
- 2016 Lexus GS 350
- 2016 Lexus GS460
- 2016 Lexus GS F
- 2016 Lexus GS Hybrid
- 2016 Lexus IS200T
- 2016 Lexus IS 300
- 2016 Lexus IS 350
- 2016 Lexus LS460
- 2016 Lexus LS600H
- 2016 Lexus LX570
- 2016 Lexus NX200T
- 2016 Lexus NX Hybrid
- 2016 Lexus RC 200T
- 2016 Lexus RC 300
- 2016 Lexus RC 350
- 2016 Lexus RC F
- 2016 Lexus RX350
- 2016 Lexus RX Hybrid
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.