{"nhtsa_id":10081834,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2016-10-07","date":"2016-08-31","document_id":"SB1639001","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME MODEL X VEHICLES MIGHT HAVE BEEN BUILT WITH INCORRECT FRONT HALFSHAFTS. IF FULL LOCK STEERING IS APPLIED WHILE THE SUSPENSION IS FULLY EXTENDED, AN INCORRECT HALFSHAFT COULD OVEREXTEND, DAMAGING THE DUST BOOT OR THE CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT. THIS MIGHT LEAD TO A KNOCKING OR GRINDING NOISE AND/OR A WARNING MESSAGE ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10081834","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"TESLA","model":"MODEL X","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_tesla_model-x"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}