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Toyota Highlander 2014–2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin T-TT-0528-19_Rev · NHTSA communication 10172861 · issued Feb 25, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Wheels
component
2014–2020
model years
7
vehicle entries

Official summary

TT: Some 2014-2020 model year Highlander and Highlander HV vehicles are equipped with alloy wheels that are clad with a plastic cover. Use of a heat gun to facilitate removal of stick-on wheel weights may damage the coating on the cladding and cause it bubble and/or peel off

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.