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January 15, 2019 Service bulletin

Fasteners within the HV battery platter that are not torqued to Tesla?s internal specifications, which...

Tesla technical service bulletin SB-19-16-002 for 2018 Tesla Model 3.

Bulletin number
SB-19-16-002
Component
Electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery
Summary
Certain Model 3 vehicles with the Long Range HV battery might have fasteners within the HV battery platter that are not torqued to Tesla?s internal specifications, which might affect HV battery reliability.

Owners of these vehicles have filed 168 complaints in the electrical category.

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