{"nhtsa_id":10168255,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-11-25","date":"2019-10-31","document_id":"SB1816013R3","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Certain Model 3 vehicles might have too few HV battery positive contactor mounting nuts installed, which can allow movement that might affect the conductivity of the contactor terminals.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10168255-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10168255-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10168255","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"hybrid-ev","name":"Hybrid and electric drive","parent":null},{"id":"traction-battery","name":"High-voltage battery","parent":"hybrid-ev"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"TESLA","model":"MODEL 3","year_from":2018,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["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":[]}