Affected Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES

Date Published
SEP 27, 2013
NHTSA TSB #
10100935
TSB Document
Summary
"SITUATION: THE ENGINE MAY NOT START AND BATTERY POWER MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE. A MIDTRONICS TEST YIELDS A FAILED BATTERY. CAUSE: THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY AN INTERNAL BATTERY ISSUE DUE TO INSUFFICIENT RETENTION OF THE BATTERY COMBINED WITH BATTERY POSITIVE CABLE TRAP UNDER VEHICLE SPARE WHEEL WHICH TRANSFERS FORCES GENERATED BY VEHICLE DYNAMICS (VIBRATION) INTO THE BATTERY POSITIVE TERMINAL POST, LEADING TO FRACTURES WITHIN THE BATTERY TERMINAL POST AND RESULTING IN AN OPEN CIRCUIT CONDITION."