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Toyota Avalon 2012–2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin T-SB-0151-13 REV · NHTSA communication 10093883 · issued Nov 18, 2015

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2012–2016
model years
16
vehicle entries

Official summary

"tsb: some 2012 2016 model year north american produced (nap) camry and camry hv vehicles and 2013 2015 avalon and avalon hv vehicles may exhibit a knocking, popping, ticking, or snapping noise from the moon roof area while driving. The repair procedure included in this bulletin has been developed to address this condition."

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.