# Service bulletin TSB\-09\-16\-008

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: 10032913
- Published by NHTSA: 2010\-06\-12
- Manufacturer's number: TSB\-09\-16\-008
- Manufacturer's date: 2009\-10\-15
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY

## NHTSA's summary

TESLA: INSPECTION, PREVENTION AND REPAIR OF BATTERY PACK WATER INGRESS FROM THE APS GROMMET. APS CABLE GROMMET ON BATTERY PACK MAY BECOME DISLODGED. THE WEIGHT OF THE APS CABLE STRAINS THE J3 APS HARNESS SUCH THAT THE PASS THROUGH GROMMET ON THE BATTERY ENCLOSURE WALL IS DISLODGED FROM ITS SEALING SURFACE. \*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

Electrical system, 12\-volt battery

## Vehicles listed

- 2008 to 2009 TESLA ROADSTER

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [TN\-13\-44\-001](/bulletins/10052460.md), 2013-08-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES. TESLA: DUE TO ISOLATION OF MODEL S HIGH VOLTAGE, A MONITOR IS INSTALLED IN BATTERY TO ENSURE NO ELECTRICAL CURRENT, BETWEEN VEHICLE AND HIGH VOLTAGE CONDUCTOR, IS BEING CARRIED AND IS MEASURED, PERIODICALLY, FOR RESISTANCE BETWEEN HIGH VOLTAGE CONDUCTORS AND CHASSIS. NO MODEL OR MODEL YEARS LISTED. \*PE
- [TN\-13\-44\-003](/bulletins/10052449.md), 2013-07-31, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. TESLA: THE HIGH VOLTAGE INTERLOCK LOOP \(HVIL\) DIAGNOSTIC GUIDE. THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL BULLETIN. NO MODEL TYPES OR MODEL YEARS WERE PROVIDED. \*JS UPDATED 10/21/14. \*PE
- [TN\-13\-16\-002](/bulletins/10052422.md), 2013-07-25, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. TESLA: WHEN REMOVING THE BATTERY PACK THESE PROCEDURES NEED TO BE FOLLOWED IN ORDER TO ENSURE PROPER SEALING OF THE HV RAPID MATE. NO MODEL OR MODEL YEARS GIVEN. \*JS
- [SB\-12\-46\-001](/bulletins/10043318.md), 2012-03-13, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. TESLA MOTORS: DURING THE SHIPMENT OF BATTERY PACK SHEETS, RESIDUAL COOLANT MAY LEAK EFFECTING SHIPPING CONTAINER INTEGRITY. \*PE
- [SVC\-11\-16\-013](/bulletins/10042765.md), 2012-01-10, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES. TESLA: DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF VEHICLE, APS CABLE GROMMET CAN BECOME DISLODGED. TO IMPROVE SECURITY AGAINST WATER INGRESS A NEW DESIGN HAS BEEN PROVIDED. \*PE
- [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

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