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Toyota Avalon 2013technical service bulletin

Bulletin T-SB-0039-13 Rev · NHTSA communication 10132285 · issued Apr 19, 2013

Technical service bulletin
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Official summary

Some 2013 model year Avalon and Avalon HV vehicles may display a ?Check Blind Spot Monitor System? message on the multi-information display with Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) C1AB4 and/or C1AB5 stored. The procedure in this bulletin has been developed to address this condition.

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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.