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Tesla Model 3 2017–2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin SB-18-50-002 · NHTSA communication 10142867 · issued Apr 18, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2017–2018
model years
5
vehicle entries

Official summary

Certain 2nd generation Universal Mobile Connectors (UMCs) supplied to Tesla vehicles were not screened and might not indicate their status or charge the vehicle.

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.