{"nhtsa_id":10179043,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2020-08-31","date":"2019-03-28","document_id":"L-18-04-01 R02","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"GEM has observed instances where customers operating in cold weather are reporting vehicles slowing down at a higher state of charge, as if batteries are low. This Team Tip was released to inform dealers that there is a Polaris BMC reflash available for vehicles equipped with AGM batteries to factor ambient temperature into the state of charge reading. This communication also shows how to calculate a customer’s estimated range based on ambient temperature for vehicles equipped with flooded batteries.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10179043-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10179043-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10179043","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"GEM","model":"E2","year_from":2016,"year_to":2019,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"GEM","model":"E4","year_from":2016,"year_to":2019,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"GEM","model":"E6","year_from":2016,"year_to":2019,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"GEM","model":"ELXD","year_from":2016,"year_to":2019,"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":[]}