# Service bulletin TSB\-08\-16\-003

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10027744
- Published by NHTSA: 2009\-02\-03
- Manufacturer's number: TSB\-08\-16\-003
- Manufacturer's date: 2008\-10\-15
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

## NHTSA's summary

TESLA VEHICLE: ISOLATION FAILURES INSIDE HVAC HEATER MODULE. THE PTC HEATER INSIDE THE HVAC HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP AN ISOLATION FAULT. THIS FAILURE ARISES WHEN OPERATING THE A/C IN HUMID CONDITIONS. \*PE

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Equipment and accessories, Heating and air conditioning

## Vehicles listed

- 2008 TESLA ROADSTER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [TSB\-09\-15\-007](/bulletins/10037822.md), 2011-06-06, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. TESLA: FLOOR MATS WERE NOT ANCHORED TO THE FLOOR. THEY HAVE NOT INTERFERED WITH THE OPERATION, BUT ARE A NUISANCE. \*RM
- [SB\-09\-15\-004](/bulletins/10030430.md), 2009-10-03, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. TESLA: POTENTIAL NO START CONDITION OR FAILED HEATER OPERATION DUE TO FAULTY COMPONENTS IN PTC HEATER BOARD. SOME HVAC 400V CONTROLLERS MAY HAVE INCORRECT COMPONENTS INSTALLED ON THE PTC CONTROLLER BOARD. THE BOARD CONTROLS THE HEATER OPERATION. FAILURES OF THIS BOARD ALSO MAY CAUSE THE CAR TO NOT START OR CHARGE. \*PE
- [SVC\-08\-18\-012](/bulletins/10028325.md), 2009-03-25, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. TESLA: BENT PINS ON THE COMPRESSOR CONTROLLER CONNECTOR OF HVAC 400V CONTROLLER. THE MISALIGNED PINS BENT DURING INSTALLATION OF CONNECTOR ON ASSEMBLY LINE. \*PE
- [SVC\-08\-17\-005](/bulletins/10026608.md), 2008-11-18, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD. TESLA VEHICLE: BULKHEAD GROMMET DISLODGED. THIS GROMMET IS DESIGNED TO STOP THE WIRING HARNESS FROM CHAFING AGAINST THE IMPACT STRUCTURE. \*PE

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