Saturday, August 8, 2026
RecallGazette

Vehicle problems, recalls & safety intelligence

Tesla Model 3 2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin SB1816006R1 · NHTSA communication 10250494 · issued Dec 28, 2023

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

Official summary

On certain Model 3 vehicles, the positive busbar nut under the power conversion system and additional bolts within the High Voltage (HV) battery ancillary bay were insufficiently torqued during manufacturing.

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.