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Toyota Avalon 2018–2021technical service bulletin

Bulletin T-SB-0071-20 Rev · NHTSA communication 10198135 · issued May 19, 2021

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2018–2021
model years
17
vehicle entries

Official summary

TSB: Some 2019 model year Avalon and Avalon Hybrid vehicles equipped with Entune? Audio Plus (version 1002) or Entune? Premium Audio (version 1002) or earlier may exhibit one or more of the following conditions: ?Incorrect GPS date and time. ?Abnormal Bluetooth® operation. ?Abnormal Wi-Fi operation. ?Microphone remains on the screen after voice recognition failure. ?Unable to see text with headlights on (text is the same color as the background). Some 2019 ? 2020 model year Toyota vehicles equipped with Entune? Audio (version 1007), Entune? Audio Plus (version 1011), or Entune? Premium Audio (

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.