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Toyota Avalon 2000–2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin SU00101 · NHTSA communication 622004 · issued Jul 13, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Suspension
component
2000–2001
model years
8
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles may experience a ticking noise from the front wheel bearing dust deflector due to looseness of the dust deflector. *tt

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.