# Service bulletin SB\-19\-20\-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: 10169819
- Published by NHTSA: 2020\-01\-06
- Manufacturer's number: SB\-19\-20\-003
- Manufacturer's date: 2019\-12\-30
- NHTSA component: SEATS; AIR BAGS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

On some Model 3 vehicles, the Occupant Classification System \(OCS\) signal might be affected by electrical interference in the seat harness, causing the airbag indicator to display on the touchscreen.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10169819-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10169819-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Air bags, Electrical system, Seats

## Vehicles listed

- 2017 to 2019 TESLA MODEL 3

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2024298](/recalls/tc/2024298.md), 2024-05-28: Seats And Restraints
- [24V153000](/recalls/nhtsa/24V153000.md), 2024-02-27: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS:EXTERNAL/PEDESTRIAN ALERT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
- [24V051000](/recalls/nhtsa/24V051000.md), 2024-01-30: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
- [23V838000](/recalls/nhtsa/23V838000.md), 2023-12-12: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ADAS:DRIVER MONITORING:SOFTWARE
- [2022604](/recalls/tc/2022604.md), 2022-10-21: Seats And Restraints
- [22V263000](/recalls/nhtsa/22V263000.md), 2022-04-18: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
- [22V235000](/recalls/nhtsa/22V235000.md), 2022-04-12: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS:EXTERNAL/PEDESTRIAN ALERT
- [22V063000](/recalls/nhtsa/22V063000.md), 2022-02-04: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS:EXTERNAL/PEDESTRIAN ALERT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
- [2022037](/recalls/tc/2022037.md), 2022-02-01: Seats And Restraints
- [22V045000](/recalls/nhtsa/22V045000.md), 2022-02-01: SEAT BELTS:FRONT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SB2320001](/bulletins/10253654.md), 2024-04-29, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS; SEATS. When certain Model 3 and Model Y vehicles receive a different Occupant Classification System \(OCS\) in their front passenger seats during vehicle servicing, they may require safety vent type front passenger airbags to maintain compatibility between the front passenger seat and the front passenger airbag.
- [SB19\-20\-003\-R3](/bulletins/10247400.md), 2023-12-18, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING; AIR BAGS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. On some Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, the Occupant Classification System \(OCS\) signal might be affected by electrical interference in the seat electrical harness, causing the airbag indicator to display on the touchscreen.
- [SB\-19\-20\-003 R3](/bulletins/10245515.md), 2023-11-27, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS; AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION. On some Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, the Occupant Classification System \(OCS\) signal might be affected by electrical interference in the seat electrical harness, causing the airbag indicator to display on the touchscreen.
- [SB2320001R2](/bulletins/10243084.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS; SEATS. When certain Model 3 and Model Y vehicles receive a different Occupant Classification System \(OCS\) in their front passenger seats during vehicle servicing, they may require safety vent type front passenger airbags to maintain compatibility between the front passenger seat and the front passenger airbag.
- [SB\-23\-20\-002 R2](/bulletins/10234057.md), 2023-04-10, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION; SEATS. Certain Model 3 and Model Y vehicles may need a different Occupant Classification System \(OCS\) installed in the front passenger seat before servicing its subcomponents.
- [SB\-23\-20\-002 R1](/bulletins/10234053.md), 2023-04-10, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION. Certain Model 3 and Model Y vehicles may need a different Occupant Classification System \(OCS\) installed in the front passenger seat before servicing its subcomponents.
- [SB\-23\-20\-002](/bulletins/10234051.md), 2023-04-10, Service bulletin: SEATS. Certain Model 3 and Model Y vehicles may need a different Occupant Classification System \(OCS\) installed in the front passenger seat before servicing its subcomponents.
- [SB\-23\-20\-001](/bulletins/10234050.md), 2023-04-10, Service bulletin: SEATS; AIR BAGS. When certain Model 3 and Model Y vehicles receive a different Occupant Classification System \(OCS\) in their front passenger seats during vehicle servicing, they may require safety vent type front passenger airbags to maintain compatibility between the front passenger seat and the front passenger airbag.
- [SB2117005](/bulletins/10212800.md), 2022-05-31, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT. Some Model 3 driver and front passenger seat electrical harnesses might get damaged from repeated fore and aft adjustments to the seat, which will trigger a restraint system alert.
- [SB2117005](/bulletins/10208325.md), 2022-02-28, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Some Model 3 driver and front passenger seat electrical harnesses might get damaged from repeated fore and aft adjustments to the seat, which will trigger a restraint system alert.

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