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Service bulletin TSB-0031-11

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10038978
Published by NHTSA2011-06-30
Manufacturer's numberTSB-0031-11
Manufacturer's date2011-04-27
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT

NHTSA's summary

TOYOTA: 2008-2011 HIGHLANDER. THERE MAY BE AN OIL LEAK IN THE FRONT GEARS DUE TO A MANUFACTURING PROCESS. *RM

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Transmission and driveline, Driveshaft

Vehicles listed
TOYOTA HIGHLANDER2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
TC13-0252016-03-31. Service bulletin. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
LSC-D0N2014-02-01. Service bulletin. TOYOTA: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. DURING TIME OF MANUFACTURING, THE REAR DRIVESHAFT WOULD DISENGAGE FROM INBOARD JOINT ASSEMBLY, DUE TO AN ASSEMBLY ERROR, AND VIBRATE AND RATTLE INSIDE OF INBOARD JOINT, CAUSING LOUD NOISES FROM REAR OF VEHICLE, WHILE DRIVING. MODEL 2011-2012 HIGHLANDER HYBRID. *PE