{"nhtsa_id":10179053,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2020-09-01","date":"2019-03-28","document_id":"L-19-03-01","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"GEM Technical Service has received some reports of the MCU becoming inoperable after a MCU reflash attempt. GEM is releasing this Team Tip to inform dealers that the software in the EPS on vehicles built from 10/03/2018 to 02/14/2019 is attempting to communicate during the reflash procedure of the MCU. This could interrupt the process, and cause the MCU to become inoperable.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10179053-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10179053-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10179053","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"power-steering","name":"Power steering","parent":"steering"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"GEM","model":"E2","year_from":2018,"year_to":2019,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"GEM","model":"E4","year_from":2018,"year_to":2019,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"GEM","model":"E6","year_from":2018,"year_to":2019,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"GEM","model":"ELXD","year_from":2018,"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":[]}