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Toyota Avalon 2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin T-TT-0596-20 · NHTSA communication 10171411 · issued Jan 29, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Back Over Prevention
component
2020
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

TT: Creaking noise during turns (or turning steering wheel) coming from front strut area. 1) Vehicles under 5,000 miles 2) Refer to the attached video as an example of the noise

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.