# Service bulletin AR847

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: 10118554
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-10\-05
- Manufacturer's number: AR847
- Manufacturer's date: 2017\-09\-21
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

AR847\-Loose Thermo King Power \& Ground Lugs Inspection\-Repair. Complaint\-Power/Ground lugs looseat connection points at circuit breaker or ground bar. Cause\-Lugs incorrectly crimped or loose connections at circuit breaker or ground bar. Correction\-Review lugs for secure installation and lug crimp \(repair as needed\)

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10118554-9999.pdf)
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## Components

Electrical system

## Vehicles listed

- 2009 to 2012 ARBOC SPIRIT OF FREEDOM
- 2013 to 2015 ARBOC SPIRIT OF FREEDOM
- 2017 ARBOC SPIRIT OF FREEDOM
- 2009 to 2012 ARBOC SPIRIT OF MOBILITY
- 2013 to 2017 ARBOC SPIRIT OF MOBILITY

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [14V805000](/recalls/nhtsa/14V805000.md), 2014-12-19: EXTERIOR LIGHTING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [AR854](/bulletins/10129773.md), 2018-03-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. AR854\-Change Electrical Body to Aux Battery Connections. Complaint\-Electrical body connections tied to starter battery instead of aux battery. Cause\-Electrical design. Correction\-Relocate battery connection and add jumper harness between circuit breaker and solenoid. Vehicles Affected Chevy SOM/SOF.
- [AR845](/bulletins/10118552.md), 2017-10-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. AR845\-Replacing Underhood 100A with 120A Circuit Breaker. Complaint\-100A circuit breaker tripping prematurely. Cause\-Manufacturing tolerances of the breaker and the temperature derate curve associated with the breaker. Correction\-Replace underhood 100A with 120A circuit breaker. Affects 2017 SOM units with 100A circuit breakers with aftermarket electrical equipment installed.
- [AR833](/bulletins/10110858.md), 2017-08-10, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. Dallas DART\-Speaker Mofification\-Complaint\-Rear speakers not functioning. Cause\-Speakers wired to GM OEM connection. Correction\-Re\-wire into PA System. 27 Dallas DART buses affected, built in 2016 \(2607, 2685\-2691, 2695\-2697, 2700\-2703, 2710\-2712, 2715\-2723\)

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