Jeep Renegade 2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 08-063-15 · NHTSA communication 10150610 · issued Jun 18, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2015
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Flash: Battery Drained After Sitting Overnight This bulletin involves reprogramming the Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning (HVAC) module with the latest available software. A small number of customers may experience an intermittent dead battery situation when attempting to start the vehicle after sitting overnight. The software in the HVAC module is causing a parasitic draw resulting in the gradual discharge of the battery. This condition is corrected by updating the HVAC with the latest available software.
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.