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Tesla Model 3 2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin SB-20-13-003 · NHTSA communication 10174927 · issued Apr 9, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seats
component
2020
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Certain Model Y vehicles might have been built with 2nd row seat back panels (left, center, and right) that did not meet internal specifications, resulting in the panels not being flush with the 2nd row seat.

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.