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Tesla Model 3 2012–2024technical service bulletin

Bulletin fsd-12-5_072024.pdf · NHTSA communication 11005742 · issued Jul 31, 2024

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Unknown OR Other
component
2012–2024
model years
36
vehicle entries

Official summary

Tesla does not provide physical owner's manual copies. Instead, all available owner’s manual content is integrated into the vehicle software, and only the content relevant for a given vehicle, based on vehicle configuration and software version installed, is displayed on its touchscreen. This file contains all available owner’s manual content for the vehicle converted to PDF format, and given the distribution method and NHTSA’s submission format requirements, it is the best available representative copy of owner’s manual content. However, a customer who accesses the owner’s manual via their ve

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.