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 | 10154940 |
| Published by NHTSA | 2019-03-19 |
| Manufacturer's number | A18-097 |
| Manufacturer's date | 2019-03-12 |
| NHTSA component | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; 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 document
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Components
Electrical system, 12-volt battery
| HONDA CLARITY ELECTRIC | 2017, 2018 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it) |
|---|---|
| HONDA CLARITY PLUG-IN HYBRID | 2018 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it) |
Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.
| A18-097 | 2018-10-15. Service bulletin. 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. |
|---|---|
| ATS171002 | 2017-10-21. Service bulletin. Tech line summary article - Before you take a newly arrived vehicle for its first drive, make sure you charge the high-voltage lithium-ion battery. The vehicle leaves the factory with its battery state of charge level at a minimum. If you take the vehicle out on the street without first charging the battery, you could wind up running out of charge. |
| A17100D | 2017-10-21. Service bulletin. Servicenews article - The high-voltage lithium-ion battery in the Clarity Electric has an 8-year or 100,000-mile warranty. But unlike all of our earlier vehicles with high-voltage batteries, this one doesn?t set a DTC when the battery pack capacity value has reached the level for battery replacement under warranty. |