{"nhtsa_id":10089833,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-01-30","date":"2015-08-19","document_id":"15338","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"15338 - SERVICE UPDATE. THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES A SERVICE PROCEDURE TO REPROGRAM THE BATTERY ENERGY CONTROL MODULE (BECM) ON CERTAIN 2015 MODEL YEAR CHEVROLET SPARK EV VEHICLES. IN THESE VEHICLES, A SOFTWARE ANOMALY CAN CAUSE A REDUCTION IN ELECTRIC POWER FROM 120KW TO 50KW, WHICH CAN LIMIT THE VEHICLE’S DRIVING RANGE TO 6.5 MILES (10 KM) (HOWEVER ACTUAL RANGE MAY BE LESS), SET DTC P1EAB, AND CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO FAIL TO START AT THE NEXT KEY/POWER ON CYCLE.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10089833","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"battery","name":"12-volt battery","parent":"electrical"},{"id":"software","name":"Software","parent":"electrical"}],"codes":["P1EAB"],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"SPARK EV","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2015_chevrolet_spark"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}