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Toyota C-HR 2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin T-TT-0565-19 · NHTSA communication 10164902 · issued Aug 13, 2019

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2018
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

TT: Vehicle with accessory installed fog lamps experiences low battery charge causing a hard or no start condition. A parasitic draw is observed between approximately 97 to 600 milliamps. Note: Parasitic draw should be less than 50 milliamps (0.050 amp). Testing may take anywhere from 10 minutes to 2 hours dependent upon which vehicle is being serviced and what equipment is installed in the vehicle.

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.