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Lexus LS430 2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin ST00301 · NHTSA communication 625520 · issued Sep 28, 2001

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

Official summary

This bulletin is to inform of the steering column upper tube assembly which has beenchanged to reduce the possibility of groan noise from the steering column. *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.