Service bulletin SB1816006R1
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 | 10250494 |
| Published by NHTSA | 2024-02-20 |
| Manufacturer's number | SB1816006R1 |
| Manufacturer's date | 2023-12-28 |
| NHTSA component | POWER TRAIN; WHEELS |
NHTSA's summary
On certain Model 3 vehicles, the positive busbar nut under the power conversion system and additional bolts within the High Voltage (HV) battery ancillary bay were insufficiently torqued during manufacturing.
The document
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Components
Transmission and driveline, Wheels
| TESLA MODEL 3 | 2018 |
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Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.
| SB2016003R1 | 2024-02-20. Service bulletin. Certain Model 3 high voltage batteries may not have a sufficient quantity of bolts for the contactor DC link busbars, which may prevent the vehicle from charging or powering properly. |
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| SB1816008R1 | 2024-02-20. Service bulletin. On certain Model 3 vehicles, the rear drive unit HV header bolts and the positive contactor bolt within the High Voltage (HV) battery ancillary bay were insufficiently torqued to internal specifications during manufacturing. |
| SB1816004R3 | 2024-02-20. Service bulletin. On certain Model 3 vehicles, the one-time use bolts that attach the high voltage controller to the ancillary cover were not torqued to Tesla?s internal specification. |
| SB2233002 | 2023-04-24. Service bulletin. Some Model 3 vehicles were built without a hydraulic control unit (HCU) wake-up wire, and in rare circumstances, braking and stability control related alerts may appear on the instrument cluster and touchscreen during the vehicle power-on process. Such faults can typically be corrected and the affected functionality restored with a vehicle power cycle. |
| SB-19-40-002 | 2019-02-19. Service bulletin. Certain Model 3 vehicles might have been manufactured without a rear drive unit (RDU) breather, and consequently might have contaminated gearbox fluid. |
| SB-18-34-002 | 2018-09-10. Service bulletin. Certain Model 3 vehicles were delivered with 18 inch pinwheel caps (aero wheel covers) that have minor discoloration. |