# Service bulletin A18\-097

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: 10145390
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-10\-15
- Manufacturer's number: A18\-097
- Manufacturer's date: 2018\-09\-20
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY

## NHTSA's summary

Service bulletin \- The Clarity Plug\-In Hybrid and Clarity Electric may not start charging when plugged in or may stop charging before the high\-voltage lithium\-ion battery is full. The battery charger software does not start charging or may stop before charging is complete in areas with poor or fluctuating power quality.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10145390-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10145390-0001.pdf)

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## Components

Electrical system, 12\-volt battery

## Vehicles listed

- 2018 HONDA CLARITY ELECTRIC

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [A18\-097](/bulletins/10154940.md), 2019-03-19, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. Service Bulletin \- The Clarity Plug\-In Hybrid and Clarity Electric may not start charging when plugged in or may stop charging before the high\-voltage lithium\-ion battery is full.

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