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Lexus ES 350 2003–2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin L-SB-0011-15_Rev · NHTSA communication 10145762 · issued Sep 27, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2003–2018
model years
40
vehicle entries

Official summary

TSB: REVISION NOTICE September 27, 2018 Rev1: ? Applicability has been updated to include 2012 model year ES350, 2016 ? 2017 model year GS200t, 2013 ? 2018 model year GS350, 2013 ? 2017 model year GS450h, and 2016 ? 2018 model year GS F vehicles. ? The entire bulletin has been updated. Any previous printed versions of this bulletin should be discarded. Some 2003 ? 2018 applicable Lexus models may exhibit a condition where the instrument panel pad (dashboard) becomes cracked and/or sticky. Follow the Repair Procedure in this bulletin 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.