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Toyota Prius 2001–2003technical service bulletin

Bulletin ZTP-Expired-Deal · NHTSA communication 10150008 · issued Sep 11, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2001–2003
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

Dealer Package: September 11, 2018 A watermark has been added to the Dealer Letter to indicate that ZTP expired on September 10, 2018. Toyota has received reports of customer concerns regarding an unusual steering wheel vibration when the driver releases the steering wheel in certain 2001 to 2003 model year Prius vehicles. Although the electronically-assisted power steering rack is covered by Toyota?s New Vehicle Limited Basic Warranty for 3 years or 36,000 miles, whichever comes first, we at Toyota care about the overall ownership experience with the Prius. To assure our customers that we sta

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.