# Service bulletin SB\-18\-11\-005

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: 10143010
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-07\-16
- Manufacturer's number: SB\-18\-11\-005
- Manufacturer's date: 2018\-04\-03
- NHTSA component: VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS

## NHTSA's summary

On some Model 3 vehicles, water might leak inside the motors of both front window motor/regulator assemblies. This might cause the motors to fail and potentially making the front windows inoperable.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10143010-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10143010-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Glass, wipers and mirrors, Power windows

## Vehicles listed

- 2017 to 2018 TESLA MODEL 3

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [22V702000](/recalls/nhtsa/22V702000.md), 2022-09-19: VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SB\-18\-11\-005 R1](/bulletins/10143013.md), 2018-07-16, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; VISIBILITY; STRUCTURE:BODY. On some Model 3 vehicles, water might leak inside the motors of both front window motor/regulator assemblies. This might cause the motors to fail and potentially make the front windows inoperable.
- [SB\-18\-11\-006](/bulletins/10143009.md), 2018-07-16, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS. On some Model 3 vehicles, water might leak inside the motors of both front window motor/regulator assemblies. This might cause the motors to fail and potentially making the front windows inoperable.
- [SB\-17\-11\-006](/bulletins/10142973.md), 2018-07-16, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS. Certain Model 3 vehicles have primary body seals that lack slip coat. Raising a window might require additional effort by the regulator motor, and might be falsely identified as a pinch condition.

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