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Toyota Highlander 2015technical service bulletin

Bulletin T-SB-0048-16 · NHTSA communication 10140634 · issued May 25, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2015
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

TSB: Some 2015 model year Highlander and Highlander HV vehicles equipped with Dual Front Air Conditioning Systems may exhibit an intermittent buzzing noise condition coming from the center of the instrument panel during HVAC operation. The noise occurs during the operation of the LH and RH air mix servo motors. The Repair Procedure in this bulletin has been developed 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.