{"nhtsa_id":10111411,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-08-14","date":"2015-07-02","document_id":"T-SB-0037-15 Rev","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:ROTOR; WHEELS; SERVICE BRAKES; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR","mfr_system":null,"summary":"TSB: Some 2013 - 2015 model year RAV4 vehicles may exhibit a grinding noise condition which is heard coming from the rear wheels while driving the vehicle at low speed and applying the brakes. This is due to corrosion build-up from overnight soak on rear rotors causing a grinding noise during braking which is transmitted throughout the vehicle. To reduce this grinding noise, use the following repair procedure to address this condition.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10111411-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10111411-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10111411","components":[{"id":"brakes","name":"Brakes","parent":null},{"id":"wheels","name":"Wheels","parent":null},{"id":"brake-rotor","name":"Brake rotor","parent":"brakes"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"TOYOTA","model":"RAV4","year_from":2013,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_toyota_rav4","2014_toyota_rav4","2015_toyota_rav4"]}],"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":[]}