Service bulletins for the 2013 Tesla Model S
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.
102 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
By type
By component
| SB-12-17-013 | 2013-03-22. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. TESLA: SOME 12V BATTERY, IF OVERTORQUED, ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO WEAKENING AND BREAKAGE FROM POSITIVE TERMINALS WITH CASTING POROSITY AND IF TERMINAL FAILS, AFTER IGNITION IS OFF, WILL NOT RESTART. MODEL 2012 MODEL S. *PE |
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| SB-12-31-001 | 2013-03-22. Service bulletin. WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS. TESLA: BECAUSE OF IMPROPER PRELOAD ON REAR WHEEL BEARINGS, DUE TO REPEATED HEAVY ACCELERATION, CAN CAUSE REAR WHEEL AXLE NUTS TO LOSE PROPER TORQUE AND PREMATURE BEARING WEAR. MODEL 2012 MODEL S. *PE UPDATED 1/24/2014 *JS |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.