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Tesla Model 3 2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin SB-17-34-001 · NHTSA communication 10142971 · issued Sep 19, 2017

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Tires
component
2017
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Certain Model 3 vehicles equipped with Continental 19 tires with a date code of 1317 might not conform to Tesla's subjective requirements for performance and customer satisfaction.

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.