Service bulletin T-SB-0039-13

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	10133784
Published by NHTSA	2018-04-23
Manufacturer's number	T-SB-0039-13
Manufacturer's date	2013-03-06
NHTSA component	LANE DEPARTURE; VISIBILITY

NHTSA's summary

Some 2013 model year Avalon and Avalon HV vehicles may display a ?Check Blind Spot Monitor System? message on the multi-information display with Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) C1AB4 and/or C1AB5 stored. The procedure in this bulletin has been developed to address this condition.

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

Driver assistance, Glass, wipers and mirrors

Trouble codes named

C1AB4, C1AB5

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
15V728000	2015-11-03. FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: CRASH IMMINENT BRAKING
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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