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Toyota Highlander 2017–2019technical service bulletin

Bulletin T-SB-0018-19 · NHTSA communication 10155232 · issued Feb 15, 2019

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
2017–2019
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

TSB: Some 2017 ? 2019 model year Highlander vehicles may exhibit a knocking noise from the fuel tank area at idle, vehicle stationary, with a full tank of gasoline. Follow the Repair Procedure in this bulletin to address this condition.

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.