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Toyota 4 Runner 1997technical service bulletin

Bulletin 0198 · NHTSA communication 601603 · issued May 29, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Wheels
component
1997
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

A groove has been added to both the inner and outer wheel flanges to improve wheel weight retention. *yc

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.