# Service bulletin 13\-31\-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: 10057891
- Published by NHTSA: 2015\-07\-09
- Manufacturer's number: 13\-31\-003
- Manufacturer's date: 2015\-03\-24
- Replaces: SB\-13\-31\-003 R2
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM

## NHTSA's summary

TESLA MOTORS, INC 2012\-2013 MODEL S: INFORMATION REGARDING FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINTS DEVELOPING GREATER FREE PLAY THAN EXPECTED. INSTALLING \(4\)WEDGE\- LOCK WASHERS ON THE LOWER ARM BALL JOINT WILL CORRECT THE PROBLEM. \*LJ UPDATED 7/14/15. \*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

Suspension, Control arm

## Vehicles listed

- 2012 to 2013 TESLA MODEL S

JSON: [/v1/bulletins/10057891](/v1/bulletins/10057891)

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