Service bulletins for the 2017 Tesla Model 3
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.
154 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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Only bulletins with component: 12-volt battery are shown. Show all
| SB-18-44-010 R2 | 2019-02-19. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. On certain Model 3 vehicles, the charge port power terminals have pin deadfronts that might become dislodged from the terminals, causing the charge handle to not fully connect to the vehicle and therefore preventing the High Voltage (HV) battery from charging. |
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| SB-18-44-010 R1 | 2019-02-19. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. On certain Model 3 vehicles, the charge port power terminals have insulator pins that might become dislodged from the terminals, causing the charge handle to not fully connect to the vehicle and therefore preventing the High Voltage (HV) battery from charging. |
| SB-18-16-004 R1 | 2018-07-16. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. On certain Model 3 vehicles, the one-time use bolts that attach the high voltage controller to the penthouse cover were not torqued to Tesla?s internal specification. |
| SB-18-16-005 | 2018-07-16. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. Some Model 3 vehicles might have been manufactured without one or both HV battery breathers. |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.