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Service bulletin TC00198

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 id600349
Published by NHTSA1998-05-11
Manufacturer's numberTC00198
Manufacturer's date1998-02-13
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

SOME AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS MAY PRODUCE A CHATTER NOISE WHEN SHIFTED OUT OT REVERSE INTO EITHER NEUTRAL OR PARK. *YC

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission

Vehicles listed
TOYOTA 4 RUNNER1997, 1998
TOYOTA LAND CRUISER1997, 1998
TOYOTA T1001997, 1998
TOYOTA TACOMA1997, 1998

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

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