# Service bulletin SB\-20\-13\-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: 10174927
- Published by NHTSA: 2020\-05\-11
- Manufacturer's number: SB\-20\-13\-003
- Manufacturer's date: 2020\-04\-09
- NHTSA component: SEATS

## NHTSA's summary

Certain Model Y vehicles might have been built with 2nd row seat back panels \(left, center, and right\) that did not meet internal specifications, resulting in the panels not being flush with the 2nd row seat.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10174927-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10174927-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Seats

## Vehicles listed

- 2020 TESLA MODEL 3
- 2020 TESLA MODEL Y

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2024298](/recalls/tc/2024298.md), 2024-05-28: Seats And Restraints
- [2022604](/recalls/tc/2022604.md), 2022-10-21: Seats And Restraints
- [2022037](/recalls/tc/2022037.md), 2022-02-01: Seats And Restraints
- [2021321](/recalls/tc/2021321.md), 2021-05-25: Seats And Restraints
- [2021319](/recalls/tc/2021319.md), 2021-05-25: Seats And Restraints
- [2021148](/recalls/tc/2021148.md), 2021-03-12: Seats And Restraints

## 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.
- [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](/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.

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