Toyota Avalon 2018–2019 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin T-SB-0197-17_Rev · NHTSA communication 10141599 · issued May 22, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2018–2019
model years
16
vehicle entries
Official summary
TSB: REVISION NOTICE May 22, 2018 Rev2: * The Before Delivery section has been updated. May 08, 2018 Rev1: * Applicability has been updated to include 2019 model year Toyota vehicles. Any previous printed versions of this bulletin should be discarded. Hybrid vehicles are equipped with two types of batteries: * Hybrid Vehicle (HV) battery - Auxiliary (12V) battery If the hybrid vehicle is put into storage, the State-Of-Charge (SOC) of its HV battery and auxiliary battery will gradually decrease. To prevent the auxiliary battery from becoming discharged during storage, proper maintenance is nece
Vehicles covered
- 2018 Toyota Avalon
- 2019 Toyota Avalon Hybrid
- 2018 Toyota Camry
- 2019 Toyota Camry Hybrid
- 2018 Toyota Highlander
- 2019 Toyota Highlander Hybrid
- 2018 Toyota Mirai
- 2019 Toyota Mirai
- 2018 Toyota Prius
- 2019 Toyota Prius
- 2018 Toyota Prius C
- 2019 Toyota Prius C
- 2019 Toyota Prius Prime
- 2018 Toyota Prius V
- 2018 Toyota RAV4
- 2019 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid
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.