{"nhtsa_id":620258,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-07-23","date":"2001-05-01","document_id":"011009","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EV) MAY EXHIBIT A NO-CHARGE CONDITION. THERE ARE SEVERAL POSSIBLE CAUSES WHY THE BATTERY CONTROL MODULE (BCM) MIGHT NOT ALOOW CHARGING (AS INDICATED BY THE OP STATES). A CHARGING SYSTEM FAULT (C1838) DOES NOT NECESSAIRLY INDICATE A CHARGER FAILURE. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/620258","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null}],"codes":["C1838"],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"RANGER","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"match":"exact","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":[]}