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Toyota 4RUNNER 2012–2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin T-SB-0278-17 · NHTSA communication 10119404 · issued Sep 6, 2017

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment Adaptive/mobility
component
2012–2017
model years
6
vehicle entries

Official summary

TSB: Some 2012 ? 2017 model year 4Runner vehicles may exhibit a condition in which one or both automatic running board(s) will not deploy or stow. The condition may be intermittent. Follow the Repair Procedure in this bulletin 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.