# Service bulletin T\-SB\-0034\-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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10142508
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-07\-02
- Manufacturer's number: T\-SB\-0034\-13
- Manufacturer's date: 2017\-04\-26
- NHTSA component: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR; STEERING:RACK AND PINION:PINION SHAFT

## NHTSA's summary

TSB: REVISION NOTICE: April 26, 2017 Rev1: G361 ? The Parts Information section has been updated. Some 2008 ? 2013 model year Highlander and Highlander HV vehicles may exhibit a clunk, pop, or knock\-type noise when turning the steering wheel left or right. A new intermediate shaft has been developed to address this condition. Use the following repair procedure to remove and replace the steering intermediate shaft.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10142508-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10142508-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Steering, Steering column and wheel, Steering gear

## Vehicles listed

- 2008 to 2013 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [T\-TT\-0223\-13](/bulletins/10133857.md), 2018-04-23, Service bulletin: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. The vehicle will not start or ready\-on and the steering wheel lock is engaged so that the steering wheel may only be turned very little from side\-to\-side.
- [T\-SB\-0034\-13](/bulletins/10133837.md), 2018-04-23, Service bulletin: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR. Some 2008 ? 2013 model year Highlander and Highlander HV vehicles may exhibit a clunk, pop, or knock\-type noise when turning the steering wheel left or right. A new intermediate shaft has been developed to address this condition. Use the following repair procedure to remove and replace the steering intermediate shaft.
- [TSB\-0097\-13](/bulletins/10054855.md), 2014-03-05, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; STEERING:GEAR BOX \(OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION\). TOYOTA: THERE IS A WHINING NOISE WHEN VEHICLE IS DRIVEN ABOVE 35 MPH, FROM FINAL DRIVE GEAR ASSEMBLY AND A REPAIR PROCEDURE HAS AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. MODEL 2008\-2013 HIGHLANDER. \*PE

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