Toyota Avalon 2013 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin T-SB-0210-12 · NHTSA communication 10134004 · issued Oct 31, 2012
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2013
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
To minimize battery discharge during transportation and storage, the Short Pin has been removed at the assembly plant and temporarily stored in the engine compartment Relay Block. Reinstall the Short Pin into its original location and confirm all related DTCs are cleared during Pre-Delivery Service (PDS).
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.