{"nhtsa_id":10153436,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-02-19","date":"2019-01-26","document_id":"SB-19-40-002","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT; POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Certain Model 3 vehicles might have been manufactured without a rear drive unit (RDU) breather, and consequently might have contaminated gearbox fluid.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10153436-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10153436-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10153436","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"differential","name":"Differential","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"TESLA","model":"MODEL 3","year_from":2017,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_tesla_model-3","2018_tesla_model-3"]}],"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":[]}