Toyota RAV4 2019 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin T-SB-0138-18 · NHTSA communication 10152198 · issued Nov 19, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2019
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
TSB: Some 2019 model year RAV4 and RAV4 HV vehicles shipped from Japan may have front emergency towing eyelets installed to aid in transportation. Remove the emergency towing eyelets during Pre-Delivery Service (PDS) using the following procedure.
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.