{"nhtsa_id":10054855,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2014-03-05","date":"2013-08-09","document_id":"TSB-0097-13","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)","mfr_system":null,"summary":"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","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10054855","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"automatic-transmission","name":"Automatic transmission","parent":"powertrain"},{"id":"steering-gear","name":"Steering gear","parent":"steering"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"TOYOTA","model":"HIGHLANDER","year_from":2008,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2008_toyota_highlander","2009_toyota_highlander","2010_toyota_highlander","2011_toyota_highlander","2012_toyota_highlander","2013_toyota_highlander"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}