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Toyota Prius 2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB014416 Rev1 · NHTSA communication 10152232 · issued Jan 26, 2017

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Suspension
component
2016
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

TSB: REVISION NOTICE January 26, 2017 Rev1: The Repair Procedure has been updated. Any previous printed versions of this bulletin should be discarded. Some 2016 model year Prius vehicles may exhibit a clicking noise from the support nuts on the rear shocks. The assembly process has been improved to prevent this from reoccurring. Follow the Repair Procedure below to address this condition.

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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.