Tesla Model 3 2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SB-18-16-013 · NHTSA communication 10153804 · issued Dec 7, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2018
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Certain Model 3 vehicles might have too few HV battery positive contactor mounting nuts installed. Too few mounting nuts allow movement that might affect the conductivity of the contactor terminals.
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.