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Tesla Model 3 2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin SB-18-17-002 R1 · NHTSA communication 10154511 · issued Feb 14, 2019

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

Official summary

Certain Model 3 vehicles might have increased resistance at ground terminals, and might not provide sufficient signal reference ground at specific connectors.

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.