Tesla Model 3 2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SB-19-16-004 · NHTSA communication 10153428 · issued Jan 16, 2019
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2018
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
The clamshell graft inside the HV battery was not fastened to Tesla?s internal specifications. This condition might result in a reduction of vehicle driving range.
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.