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C1253 on the 2014 Toyota Avalon

The bulletins listed name this code in NHTSA's summary, or are about the same components. A bulletin or a recall listed here may apply to the model year. None of it is a diagnosis.

This code is specific to a manufacturer and is not described here. Its meaning is in the manufacturer's service information.

Bulletins for this model year that name C1253
T-SB-0130-192019-10-15. Service bulletin. TSB: Some 2012 ? 2014 model year Camry Hybrid, and 2013 ? 2015 model year Avalon Hybrid vehicles may exhibit a condition where the brake, ABS, and/or TRAC warning lights are on and/or a Check VSC message displays. One or more of the following specific Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTCs) C1391, C1252, C1256, or C1253 will be stored in the vehicle?s memory to be used as verification. This condition may be caused by a small internal brake fluid leak in the brake booster assembly with master cylinder. Follow the Repair Procedure in this bulletin to address this condition.

1 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19. See them in the bulletin list. A bulletin lists model years: read the document for which vehicles it concerns.