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Toyota Avalon 2007–2009technical service bulletin

Bulletin LSC-90-K · NHTSA communication 10032631 · issued Feb 22, 2010

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2007–2009
model years
6
vehicle entries

Official summary

Toyota: on certain model vehicles,equipped with a 2gr-fe (ve) engine, an initiated phase 3 will replace the vvt-i oil hose due to the rubber portion of the oil supply hose for the vvt-i actuator may degrade over time. *pe

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.