Service bulletin T-SB-0171-13 Obs

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	10179755
Published by NHTSA	2020-09-14
Manufacturer's number	T-SB-0171-13 Obs
Manufacturer's date	2020-08-11
NHTSA component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE

NHTSA's summary

TSB: OBSOLETE NOTICE August 11, 2020: This bulletin is no longer applicable and is now obsolete.

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, Engine

Vehicles listed
TOYOTA PRIUS V	2012, 2013, 2014

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
2021723	2021-11-24. Electrical
2020284	2020-06-25. Electrical

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
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