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Toyota Sequoia 2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin H0Y Region Email · NHTSA communication 10140610 · issued Dec 20, 2017

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Air Bags
component
2018
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Region Email: The subject vehicles are voluntarily equipped with an event data recorder (EDR). The EDR only collects, stores, and allows retrieval of vehicle event data, including crash events. It does not control the operation of the vehicle or crash safety systems. Due to a software error in the air bag ECU where EDR data is stored, the EDR data for ?Frontal Airbag Deployment, Time to 1st Stage Deployment,? and ?Frontal Airbag Deployment Time to 2nd Stage Deployment,? will show the same value at the time an event is recorded. This software error has no effect on the actual air bag?s deployme

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.