Toyota Camry 2009–2011 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB-0146-10 · NHTSA communication 10034924 · issued Jun 9, 2010
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2009–2011
model years
9
vehicle entries
Official summary
Toyota: brief engine knock/rattle noise cold startup. Immediately following a cold soak startup, some model vehicles equipped with the 1ar-fe and 2ar-fe engines may exhibit a brief knock/rattle noise from the engine compartment for approximately one second. *pe updated 9/28/11. *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.