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Lexus LS430 2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin PG00800 · NHTSA communication 618472 · issued Oct 6, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown OR Other
component
2001
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles without navigation systems are equipped with a compass in the instrument cluster, just to the left of and below the speedometer. This bulletin contains procedures to complete initial calibration of the compass during the road test section of pre-delivery service (pds). *tt

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.