# Service bulletin SB\-2009\-02

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10028869
- Published by NHTSA: 2009\-06\-05
- Manufacturer's number: SB\-2009\-02
- Manufacturer's date: 2009\-05\-29
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; UNKNOWN OR OTHER; EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL

## NHTSA's summary

LOTUS: A SMALL RANGE OF PLATFORM MODELS CONSIDERED TO BE AT RISK FROM INSECURE REAR HUB BOLTS. REQUEST A FURTHER RANGE OF CARS WHICH ARE NOT CONSIDERED TO BE AT RISK, ARE ALSO CHECKED AT THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. \*PE

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Equipment and accessories, Labels and manuals

## Vehicles listed

- 2008 to 2009 LOTUS ELISE
- 2008 LOTUS EXIGE
- 2009 LOTUS EXIGE
- 2008 LOTUS EXIGE S

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [TSB\_2020\_03](/bulletins/10180671.md), 2020-10-05, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. Air conditioning compressors failing due to oil starvation. TSB reminds dealers of correct replacement and running\-in procedures.
- [sb\_2020\_01](/bulletins/10175849.md), 2020-06-01, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; ENGINE. Any unauthorised modifications, including fitment of non\-approved after\-market air filter resulting in generation of diagnostic trouble codes \(DTC’s\) P0101 \& P1109. We have had several instances where DTC’s P0101 \& P1109 had been set and the car recovered into the dealer, only for them to find that the original equipment engine air intake filter had been substituted for a non\-approved after\-market type \(applicable to both dry and oil coated types\).
- [2016\-06](/bulletins/10143132.md), 2018-07-23, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES. Recommendation of revision to manual brake bleeding procedure on any Elise models fitted with a brake servo unit. Whilst performing a brake fluid bleeding procedure, it is possible that the brake pedal may not fully return to its released/uppermost position \(when being fully actuated as part of the manual bleeding routine\) due to vacuum stored within the brake servo unit.
- [2015\-08](/bulletins/10143130.md), 2018-07-23, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH; EQUIPMENT. Retrofitment of the latest level CDL \(Central Door Locking\) actuator to earlier models if required. Due to parts obsolescence the CDL actuator assembly, part number B116M6039F is no longer available. This actuator was fitted into each door of any Toyota powertrain Elise and 4/6 cylinder Exiges from start of production up to '15MY VIN F\_ \_11652 equipped with central locking.
- [2014\-11](/bulletins/10143128.md), 2018-07-23, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. Confirmation of updates to the Heating, Ventilation \& Air Conditioning \(HVAC\) sections of the Technical Service Notes concerning the necessary procedures required to ensure that that the air conditioning compressor is correctly ?run in? after any major HVAC repairs/replacements have been carried out.
- [2014\-08](/bulletins/10143127.md), 2018-07-23, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. Clarification of air conditioning compressor ?Running\-In? Procedure. Insufficient lubrication will result in compressor failure due to seizure, reducing air conditioning performance and also generate diagnostic trouble codes.
- [2014\-02](/bulletins/10143124.md), 2018-07-23, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; POWER TRAIN; VISIBILITY/WIPER. Retrofitment of the latest level windscreen washer bottle/pump assembly to earlier models if required. Due to parts obsolescence the windscreen washer bottle/pump assembly fitted to all Toyota power train Elise and 4\-cylinder Exige from start of production \(part number A116M0039F\) is no longer available.
- [2013\-18](/bulletins/10143123.md), 2018-07-23, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; POWER TRAIN; EQUIPMENT. To confirm the compatibility of service level instrument packs available for all Federal Elise and Exige variants from ?08MY to present date by model year and powertrain as well as a special care point to be taken whilst fitting an Aftersales replacement instrument pack.
- [2008\-13](/bulletins/10026324.md), 2008-10-17, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. LOTUS: INSPECTION OF OIL COOLER SANDWICH PLATE USED ON CARS WITH FRONT MOUNTED OIL COOLERS. TO INSPECT OIL COOLER FEED PORT FOR CORRECT AREA. \*PE

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