{"nhtsa_id":10165742,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-10-07","date":"2019-08-14","document_id":"L-19-01","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Some 2016-2018 GEM vehicles built with the 500W DC/DC converter have exhibited premature failure of the component, including some thermal-related damage. To address this concern, GEM is releasing this Service Bulletin for dealers to remove 500W converters on all affected units, and replace with a 300W converter.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10165742-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10165742-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10165742","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"GEM","model":"E2","year_from":2016,"year_to":2018,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"GEM","model":"E4","year_from":2016,"year_to":2018,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"GEM","model":"E6","year_from":2016,"year_to":2018,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"GEM","model":"ELXD","year_from":2016,"year_to":2018,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]}],"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":[]}