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Lexus RX350 2016–2019technical service bulletin

Bulletin L-SB-0032-19_Rev · NHTSA communication 10166041 · issued Sep 26, 2019

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2016–2019
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

TSB: REVISION NOTICE September 26, 2019 Rev1: ? The Warranty Information, Parts Information, and Calibration Information sections have been updated. Any previous printed versions of this bulletin should be discarded. Some 2016 ? 2019 model year RX350 and RX350L vehicles may exhibit one or both of the following conditions: ? A bucking feeling (back and forth jerking that comes right after a shift but then dissipates quickly after 1 ? 2 and/or 2 ? 3 upshifts) ? A surge feeling (back and forth rocking that is not associated with transmission shifts) when the vehicle is traveling between 0 ? 46 mp

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.