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Tesla Model 3 2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin SB-20-33-001 · NHTSA communication 10174928 · issued Apr 21, 2020

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

Official summary

On some Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, the brake caliper bolts may not have been torqued to internal specifications.

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.