Toyota Tacoma 2016–2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin T-SB-0125-18 · NHTSA communication 10145751 · issued Sep 19, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2016–2017
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
TSB: Some 2016 ? 2017 model year Tacoma vehicles equipped with a 2GR-FKS engine may exhibit an engine idle surge with steering input. The surge is most noticeable under the following conditions: ? The vehicle is operated at an idle creep speed. ? The steering wheel is turned (i.e., backing out of a garage or executing parking lot maneuvers). ? The engine coolant temperature is low. Follow the Repair Procedure in this bulletin to address this condition.
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.