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Toyota Highlander 2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin SET-TSB-16-005 · NHTSA communication 10183261 · issued Sep 9, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Vehicle Speed Control
component
2016
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

The 2016 Toyota Highlander is equipped with a primary electronic fuel door release system and a secondary mechanical release (located in the inside left quarter panel) to be used if the electronic fuel door switch becomes inoperable.

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.