Toyota RAV4 2006–2012 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin ZF4-Dealer Daily · NHTSA communication 10152281 · issued Dec 3, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2006–2012
model years
7
vehicle entries
Official summary
DD: In our continuing efforts to help ensure the best in customer satisfaction, Toyota is announcing a Warranty Enhancement Program to extend the warranty coverage for Rear Differential Coupling Growl Noise on 2006-2012 model year RAV4 4WD vehicles. In some of these vehicles, Toyota has received some reports that the vehicle may exhibit a growl type noise from the rear differential coupling when driving due to contamination of the front bearing. Although the Rear Differential Assembly is covered by Toyota?s New Vehicle Limited Powertrain Warranty for 5 years or 60,000 miles (whichever occurs f
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.