Toyota Avalon 2007–2009 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TC-10-010 · NHTSA communication 10032630 · issued Feb 22, 2010
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2007–2009
model years
6
vehicle entries
Official summary
Toyota service campaign: see document search button for owner letter. On certain model vehicles equipped with a 2gr-fe (ve) engine, the rubber portion of the oil supply hose for the vvt-i actuator may degrade over time. This condition may cause oil to leak from the vvt-i oil hose producing abnormal engine noise and the oil pressure light to illuminate. *pe
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.