{"nhtsa_id":10179055,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2020-09-01","date":"2017-10-11","document_id":"L-17-04 R01","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Some 2016-2018 GEM vehicles have exhibited premature motor controller failures due to water ingress. To address this concern, GEM is releasing this Service Bulletin for dealers to relocate the motor controller and install a thermoform cover to prevent further water intrusion.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10179055-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10179055-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10179055","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","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":[]}