{"nhtsa_id":11010453,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2024-11-12","date":"2024-10-30","document_id":"SB_717","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Alternators with a voltage sense terminal must have a voltage sense wire installed between the sense terminal of the alternator and a positive stud of a battery in the main battery bank. The voltage sense wire provides a more accurate voltage measurement to the voltage regulator, resulting in better electrical performance.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2024/MC-11010453-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2024/MC-11010453-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/11010453","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"PIERCE","model":"CUSTOM CHASSIS","year_from":2000,"year_to":2006,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"PIERCE","model":"CUSTOM CONTENDER","year_from":2000,"year_to":2011,"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":[]}