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Toyota Sequoia 2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin T-TT-0589-19 · NHTSA communication 10170731 · issued Dec 6, 2019

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2020
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

TT: Customers may complain of a whine noise upon starter engagement. ? The whine noise may be accentuated when holding the key to start the engine; Alternately, the noise may be diminished by using the crank hold function ?bumping? the key to start the engine. ? The whine noise is likely to be loudest at the first cold start, diminishing with subsequent starts.

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.