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Toyota Highlander 2015–2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin GST-TSB-18-002 · NHTSA communication 10145196 · issued Aug 31, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2015–2017
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

This Technical Service Bulletin provides procedures to inspect and repair certain model year 2015-2017 Toyota Highlander vehicles equipped with the Brushed Stainless Steel Running Boards accessory which exhibits a sagging condition on the rear portion of the running boards. The non-Toyota running boards accessory was installed as a Gulf States Toyota installed option.

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.