Service bulletin T-TT-0230-13

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)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10132314
Published by NHTSA	2018-04-02
Manufacturer's number	T-TT-0230-13
Manufacturer's date	2013-04-01
NHTSA component	POWER TRAIN; VISIBILITY

NHTSA's summary

Some Customers/Technicians may experience a condition where the mirrors adjust to an unexpected position when the transmission is shifted into reverse.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Glass, wipers and mirrors, Transmission and driveline

Vehicles listed
TOYOTA AVALON	2013

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
13V505000	2013-10-17. VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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