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Toyota Avalon 2013–2014technical service bulletin

Bulletin TC-14-015 · NHTSA communication 10056520 · issued Jul 24, 2014

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seats
component
2013–2014
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

Toyota: see document search button for owner letter. Driver & passenger front seat back board, on some vehicles, can become loose & then separate from seat assembly & needs repair. Model 2013-2014 avalon, avalon hybrid. *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.