Toyota Prius 2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin T-SB-0144-16 · NHTSA communication 10132849 · issued Oct 5, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Back Over Prevention
component
2016
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
TSB: Some 2016 model year Prius vehicles may exhibit a clicking noise from the support nuts on the rear shocks. The assembly process has been improved to prevent this from reoccurring. Follow the Repair Procedure below 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.