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If you have to take a test drive in newer model Toyota vehicles, it would be beneficial for you to perform a Health Check and leave the vehicle in "Service Mode". This can prevent overly sensitive customers from expressing concerns about how you drive their vehicle. Just a FYI and if you know...

Please see Tech Tip T-TT-0687-22 CONDITION: When customers have a concern about a discharged battery, no start, or general battery concern, the DCA-8000 is the only appropriate tool to use for diagnosis RECOMMENDATIONS: When battery voltage is low, or a battery complaint exists, do not use...

How to test for a Parasitic Draw

Toyota has dominated hybrids with the Prius and other vehicles for more than a decade, but the automaker has been reluctant to embrace electric vehicles. That comes to an end in 2022 with the arrival of the Toyota bZ4X, a midsize SUV. The automaker on Friday released photos of the bZ4X and...

Please see Tech Tip T-TT-0648-21 (Link Needed) APPLICABLE VEHICLES: 2020-2022 Toyota Supra CONDITION: When testing the battery during PDS with either the DSS-5000 or DCA-8000 battery diagnostic tools, the DCA/DSS battery tester may provide inaccurate results if it is connected to the remote...

Please see T-SB-0015-21 Revision 1 (Please see this Post to determine VDS and WMI's) REVISION NOTICE May 27, 2022 Rev1: * Applicability has been updated to include 2022 model year Avalon, Camry, Corolla, Corolla Hatchback, Highlander, RAV4, and Tacoma vehicles. * Applicability has been...

Please see Tech Tip T-TT-0556-19 APPLICABLE VEHICLES: 2020 Toyota Supra CONDITION: When testing the battery during PDS with either the DSS-5000 or DCA-8000 battery diagnostic tools, the battery tester may provide inaccurate results if it is connected to the remote battery posts under the hood...

Taken from here.... and you can get the charts via PDF here...CLICK ON THESE LINKS TO DOWNLOAD FUSE CHARTS: Mini Fuses Maxi Fuses Standard ATC Fuses Cartridge Fuses

Some 2016 – 2018 model year Land Cruiser vehicles may exhibit a condition where the Techstream EVAP System Check Utility will not run as shown. The Transmission Control Module (TCM) logic has been modified to address this condition. Follow the Repair Procedure in bulletin T-SB-0124-18 to...

The boring, spacious, and slow U.S.-market Toyota Corolla sedan has a vibrant European cousin that carries none of those traits. New for 2019, the Corolla hatchback reverses traditional Corolla sedan weaknesses in a package that could change consumers' opinions about the decades-strong...

Automaker Toyota has temporarily ceases its public road testing of its fully autonomous 'Chauffeur' system in the U.S. after an accident earlier this week saw an Uber self-driving test vehicle strike a pedestrian, which ultimately resulted in her death. Police have stated that initial findings...

THE DAMPERS NEEDED ONE MORE CHECK. The dampers always needed one more check. It was midmorning on June 23, 2010, and Toyota’s most senior test driver had just completed another lap of the Nürburgring in a Lexus LFA. In his 47 years at the company, Hiromu Naruse had accumulated the most...