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Tesla Model 3 2019technical service bulletin

Bulletin SB-20-50-001 · NHTSA communication 10172381 · issued Feb 11, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2019
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

Certain Model 3, Model S, and Model X vehicles were equipped with 2nd generation Universal Mobile Connector (UMC) inline units having a proximity circuit resistor that is out of specification. This resistor within the affected UMC inline unit might prevent charging, might interrupt charging while in progress, and might affect the functionality of the UMC charge handle button when disconnecting the charge handle from the vehicle charge port.

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.