# NHTSA recall 21V311000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 21V311000
- Manufacturer: Arcimoto Inc
- Reported: 2021\-05\-04
- Owners notified: 2021\-05\-27
- Component: HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM: INVERTER; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
- Units potentially affected: 261
- Part numbers: 003222, 004085

## What is wrong

Arcimoto Inc \(Arcimoto\) is recalling certain 2019\-2021 FUV, 2021 Rapid Responder, 2020 Deliverator,  2020\-2021 Roadster.  Due to a software error, communication between inverters may time out, possibly resulting in an unexpected battery shutdown.


## What can happen

A battery shutdown causes an immediate loss of power, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

A service technician will reprogram the inverter firmware, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed May 27, 2021.  Owners may contact Arcimoto customer service at 1\-541\-683\-6293.  Note: Vehicles previously repaired under Recall 19V834 will need to return for the new remedy.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 8, for 2023 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2023\-05\-03
- Vehicles in the campaign: 261
- Reported remedied: 239 \(91%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 4

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2023 quarter 1, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2020 ARCIMOTO DELIVERATOR](/makes/arcimoto/deliverator/2020/recalls.md)
- [2019 ARCIMOTO FUV](/makes/arcimoto/fuv/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 ARCIMOTO FUV](/makes/arcimoto/fuv/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 ARCIMOTO FUV](/makes/arcimoto/fuv/2021/recalls.md)
- [2021 ARCIMOTO RAPID RESPONDER](/makes/arcimoto/rapid-responder/2021/recalls.md)
- [2020 ARCIMOTO ROADSTER](/makes/arcimoto/roadster/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 ARCIMOTO ROADSTER](/makes/arcimoto/roadster/2021/recalls.md)

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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