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Toyota Avalon 2019technical service bulletin

Bulletin T-SB-0064-18 · NHTSA communication 10143937 · issued Jul 19, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2019
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

TSB: The Immobilizer and Smart Key Reset is a feature that allows the registration of new keys when all master keys are lost. Once the system is reset, all previously registered keys will be erased and can never be reused. Another feature, Add/Remove Key, is also available. Once a key is removed, it can never be reused. Follow the procedures in this bulletin to reset a vehicle Immobilizer or Smart Key system and to add and/or remove a key. NOTICE When performing a Smart Code Reset, ALL registered keys are erased and CANNOT be used again on ANY vehicle. For Undesignated Key Permanent Erasure ut

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.