{"nhtsa_id":10156971,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-04-08","date":"2017-08-03","document_id":"17059","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"15059 - Customer Satisfaction Program. Certain vehicles, may have a condition in which an artificially high EV range is displayed to the driver due to high voltage battery state estimation (BSE) errors. The driver may notice erratic behavior from the battery gauge, and a significant drop in the gauge range after parking the vehicle for a few hours. Reprogram the hybrid powertrain control module 2.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10156971-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10156971-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10156971","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"SPARK EV","year_from":2014,"year_to":2016,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2014_chevrolet_spark","2015_chevrolet_spark","2016_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":[]}