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Tesla Model 3 2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin SB-19-16-002 · NHTSA communication 10153426 · issued Jan 15, 2019

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2018
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Certain Model 3 vehicles with the Long Range HV battery might have fasteners within the HV battery platter that are not torqued to Tesla?s internal specifications, which might affect HV battery reliability.

Vehicles covered

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.