Tesla Model S 2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SB-18-40-005 · NHTSA communication 10143012 · issued May 9, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2017
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
On certain Model 3 vehicles, the rear drive unit inverter might lose power, causing the vehicle to go into limp mode.
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.