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Toyota Highlander 2020–2022technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSB002123 · NHTSA communication 10244116 · issued Aug 21, 2023

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Visibility
component
2020–2022
model years
7
vehicle entries

Official summary

TSB: Some 2020 ? 2022 model year Highlander and RAV4 vehicles, and 2022 model year Tundra vehicles equipped with a start/stop switch may exhibit water entry to the vehicle from the HVAC drain hose being disconnected from the air conditioning radiator assembly and/or a grease/oil odor emitting from the vents. This condition may be caused by paraffin wax leaking from the evaporator. Follow the repair procedure in this bulletin to address this condition.

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.