Toyota Tacoma 2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin T-SB-0079-15 · NHTSA communication 10096712 · issued Sep 17, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2016
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Tsb: some 2016 model year tacoma vehicles equipped with the 2tr-fe engine and the ac60 6-speed automatic transmission may exhibit a flare during the 2-3 up shift. Customers may describe this as a momentary automatic transmission slipping feeling. The engine control module (ecm, sae term: powertrain control module/pcm) calibration has been revised. Use the following repair procedure to address this condition.
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.