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Service bulletins for the 2008 Tesla Roadster

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.

24 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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Only bulletins with component: Transmission and driveline are shown. Show all

Bulletins, newest first
TSB-09-47-0052009-12-30. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES. TESLA MOTORS: TRANSMISSION VENT RETROFIT. EARLY TRANSMISSION VENTS EQUIPPED WITH SNORKEL TYPE VENTS MAY LEAK TRANSMISSION OIL. SNORKEL TYPE VENTS WERE INSTALLED ON THE FIRST 200 TRANSMISSIONS IN PRODUCTION. AN IMPROVED VENT HAS BEEN DESIGNED THAT INSTALLS IN THE OLD TOP FILL PLUG LOCATION. *PE
SVC-09-47-0062009-12-23. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TESLA: DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION FILL PROCEDURE FOR TRANSMISSIONS WITH LOW FILL PLUG LEVELS. EARLY G1BW TRANSMISSIONS COME WITH A FILL PLUG THAT IS CAST LOWER THAN THE FILL LEVEL. THIS REQUIRES A DIFFERENT PROCEDURE WHEN FILLING TRANSMISSIONS. THERE ARE 56 KNOWN TRANSMISSIONS WITH THIS STYLE FILL PLUG/TRANSMISSION CASTING. TRANSMISSIONS CASTINGS ARE DESIGNATED BY METAL TAG ATTACHED NEAR THE FILL PLUG. *PE
SVC-09-17-0032009-09-25. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN; POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. TESLA: UPGRADE FOR ALL VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 1.5 POWER TRAINS. *PE
SVC-08-47-0032008-11-18. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). TESLA VEHICLE: TOLERANCES TO 14 PIN CONNECTOR ON THE TCM COULD CAUSE A FAULTY CONNECTION AND WATER INGRESS. *PE

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.