{"nhtsa_id":10203893,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2021-12-03","date":"2021-11-25","document_id":"2021080017","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"The software for the battery management system control unit does not correspond with the current series production configuration in the vehicles of the above-mentioned model series transferred to you. The possibility thus exists that a fault message is displayed in the instrument cluster and it may every once in a while not be possible to start the vehicle.. For this reason, we kindly request that you update the software for the battery management system control unit in the affected vehicles. The work steps required for this purpose can be found in the attached work description.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10203893-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10203893-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10203893","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"SMART","model":"FORTWO","year_from":2017,"year_to":2019,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_smart_fortwo","2018_smart_fortwo","2019_smart_fortwo"]},{"make":"SMART","model":"FORTWO CABRIOLET","year_from":2017,"year_to":2017,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2017_smart_fortwo"]}],"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":[]}