Scion IA 2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin S-TT-0097-15 · NHTSA communication 10096764 · issued Sep 25, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2016
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
"tt: after a heavily discharged dead battery or jumpstart, you may encounter a condition where the vehicle does not move in reverse. This condition can occur when the vehicle s battery cannot provide sufficient energy/voltage ~12 volts to power the automatic transmission solenoid. No transmission repairs should be attempted for this condition if normal operation is restored after the battery is properly charged."
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.