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Tesla Model 3 2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin SB-18-31-004 · NHTSA communication 10142996 · issued Mar 9, 2018

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

Official summary

On some Model 3 vehicles, customers might state that the vehicle ride is too harsh. The ride tuning of early spring and damper assemblies is subjectively more firm than the ride tuning of updated assemblies.

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.