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Toyota 4RUNNER 2004–2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin T-SB-0026-15_Rev · NHTSA communication 10142876 · issued Jun 8, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2004–2017
model years
33
vehicle entries

Official summary

TSB: REVISION NOTICE June 8, 2018 Rev2: ? Applicability has been updated to exclude 2016 ? 2017 model year Tacoma vehicles. ? The Repair Procedure section has been updated. May 15, 2017 Rev1: ? Applicability has been updated to include 2016 ? 2017 model year Tacoma and 4Runner vehicles. ? The Introduction section has been updated. Any previous printed versions of this bulletin should be discarded. Some 2004 ? 2017 model year 4Runner vehicles, 2007 ? 2014 model year FJ Cruiser vehicles, and 2005 ? 2015 model year Tacoma vehicles equipped with part-time 4WD may exhibit a cyclical groaning or gri

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.