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Toyota Prius 2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin EL01300 · NHTSA communication 616107 · issued Dec 1, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2001
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

On some vehicles, the cd player adapter harness may be improperly installed causing the cassette eject button on the center cluster not to function properly; the engery monitor flow in the multi-function display to function improperly; the engery monitor battery icon shows no state of charge; the temperature reading in the multi-information display does not update or displays erroneous values; and or the consumption in the multi-information display shows average fuel economy of 99.9 mpg. *tt

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.