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Service bulletins for the 2009 Toyota RAV4

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.

287 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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T-SB-0012-112011-06-08. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. TOYOTA: THE MALFUNCTION LIGHT IS ON AND THERE IS A RATTLE NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. *RM UPDATED 9/21/11. *PE
SB-0001-112011-06-07. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TOYOTA: 2009-2011 RAV4. THERE MAY BE A RATTLE NOISE FROM THE TRANSAXLE WHEN DRIVING AROUND 30MPH. *RM
TSB-0146-102011-02-01. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. TOYOTA: BRIEF ENGINE KNOCK/RATTLE NOISE COLD STARTUP. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A COLD SOAK STARTUP, SOME MODEL VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 1AR-FE AND 2AR-FE ENGINES MAY EXHIBIT A BRIEF KNOCK/RATTLE NOISE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE SECOND. *PE UPDATED 9/28/11. *PE
TSB-0064-102010-11-01. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. TOYOTA: TECHSTREAM ECU FLASH REPROGRAMMING PROCEDURE. FLASH REPROGRAMMING ALLOWS THE ECU SOFTWARE TO BE UPDATED WITHOUT REPLACING THE ECU. FLASH CALIBRATION UPDATES FOR SPECIFIC VEHICLE MODELS/ECUS ARE RELEASED AS FIELD-FIX PROCEDURES DESCRIBED IN INDIVIDUAL SERVICE BULLETINS. MODEL YEARS FROM 2001-2011. *PE
TSB-0047-102010-08-23. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). TOYOTA SERVICE CAMPAIGN: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 2GR-FE (V6) ENGINE, THE RUBBER PORTION OF THE OIL SUPPLY HOSE FOR VVT-I ACTUATOR MAY DEGRADE OVER TIME. THIS CONDITION MAY CAUSE OIL TO LEAK FROM THE VVT-I OIL HOSE PRODUCING ABNORMAL ENGINE NOISE AND THE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. *PE
TSB-0046-102010-08-17. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:FUEL FILTER; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY. TOYOTA: MIL ON; FUEL IN EVAP SYSTEM. SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS DUE TO FUEL IN THE EVAP SYSTEMS: MIL ON WITH THE FOLLOWING DTCS STORED: P043E, P043F, P2401, P2401, AND P2419; INTERMITTENT ROUGH IDLE WHEN AT OPERATING TEMPERATURE. *PE UPDATED 6/30/11. *PE
TSB-0094-092010-05-06. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. TOYOTA: SOME VEHICLES WITH 2GR FE ENGINES MAY EXHIBIT A TICKING/CLICKING TYPE NOISE FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD COVER AREA WHICH MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY A MIL ON AND ONE OR MORE VVT-I RELATED DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCS). *PE
TSB-0184-092010-05-06. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). TOYOTA: VEHICLES WITH 2GR FE ENGINES MAY EXHIBIT A MIL ON CONDITION WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) P0505 STORED IN THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE OR ECM (SAE TERM: POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE/PCM). *PE
LSC-90-K2010-04-21. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. TOYOTA: ON CERTAIN MODEL VEHICLES,EQUIPPED WITH A 2GR-FE (VE) ENGINE, AN INITIATED PHASE 3 WILL REPLACE THE VVT-I OIL HOSE DUE TO THE RUBBER PORTION OF THE OIL SUPPLY HOSE FOR THE VVT-I ACTUATOR MAY DEGRADE OVER TIME. *PE
TC-10-0102010-04-21. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. TOYOTA SERVICE CAMPAIGN: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. ON CERTAIN MODEL VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 2GR-FE (VE) ENGINE, THE RUBBER PORTION OF THE OIL SUPPLY HOSE FOR THE VVT-I ACTUATOR MAY DEGRADE OVER TIME. THIS CONDITION MAY CAUSE OIL TO LEAK FROM THE VVT-I OIL HOSE PRODUCING ABNORMAL ENGINE NOISE AND THE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. *PE
SB-TC-09-0172009-12-16. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS. TOYOTA: UPDATE TO LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY MODIFICATION. ADDENDUM LABEL WAS INSTALLED AT VEHICLE PROCESSING CENTER WHEN ACCESSORIES WERE INSTALLED. THE ADDENDUM LABEL MUST BE INSTALLED WHEN ACCESSORIES ARE INSTALLED WHICH EXCEED 1.5% OF THE GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATING (GVWR) OR 100 LBS, WHICHEVER IS LESS, ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST RETAIL SALE. CSC LETTER WAS REC'D. *PE
TSB-0047-092009-03-18. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. TOYOTA: MULTIPLE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, VEHICLE NOT SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE, AND OTHER ACCESSORIES BECOMING INOPERATIVE AFTER VEHICLE HAS COLD SOAKED IN SUBFREEZING AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES. *PE UPDATED 9/23/09. *PE

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.