# Service bulletin S\-SB\-0012\-15

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10111295
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-08\-14
- Manufacturer's number: S\-SB\-0012\-15
- Manufacturer's date: 2015\-06\-29
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

SSB: While a vehicle is in inventory, the battery is subject to conditions that can reduce its performance and life. Batteries can become discharged due to an extended storage period, temperature, parasitic drain, or while demonstrating vehicle features and benefits in the sales process. Battery inspection and maintenance are required in order to ensure proper operation and optimal battery life. As described in this bulletin, operating the engine for 30 minutes after 60 days in storage and every 30 days thereafter will help to maintain battery State of Charge \(SOC\). This process supplements other movements of the vehicle as it is staged, and has specific restrictions on how maintenance is to be done. Also described in this bulletin are 2 other approved methods for maintaining battery State of Charge.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10111295-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10111295-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Electrical system, 12\-volt battery

## Vehicles listed

- 2013 to 2016 SCION FR\-S
- 2016 SCION IA
- 2016 SCION IM
- 2012 to 2015 SCION IQ
- 2012 to 2016 SCION TC
- 2012 to 2015 SCION XB
- 2012 to 2014 SCION XD

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