Tesla Model 3 2017–2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SB1816004R3 · NHTSA communication 10250493 · issued Dec 28, 2023
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Wheels
component
2017–2018
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
On certain Model 3 vehicles, the one-time use bolts that attach the high voltage controller to the ancillary cover were not torqued to Tesla?s internal specification.
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.