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Service bulletin T-SB-0048-16

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 id10142476
Published by NHTSA2018-07-02
Manufacturer's numberT-SB-0048-16
Manufacturer's date2016-05-25
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

TSB: Some 2015 model year Highlander and Highlander HV vehicles equipped with Dual Front Air Conditioning Systems may exhibit an intermittent buzzing noise condition coming from the center of the instrument panel during HVAC operation. The noise occurs during the operation of the LH and RH air mix servo motors. The Repair 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

Electrical system

Vehicles listed
TOYOTA HIGHLANDER2015
TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID2015 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20217232021-11-24. Electrical

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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