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Service bulletin SB-2012-15

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10047599
Published by NHTSA2012-12-05
Manufacturer's numberSB-2012-15
Manufacturer's date2012-10-19
NHTSA componentENGINE

NHTSA's summary

LOTUS: THE RETAINING CLIP IS RETROFITTED FOR RH CYLINDER BANK VARIABLE VALVE TIMING (VVT) PIPE TO INCREASE DURABILITY AND TO RETAIN ENGINE ASSEMBLY. MODELS 2012-2013 EVORA S AND S-IPS. *PE

The document

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Components

Engine

Vehicles listed
LOTUS EVORA2012, 2013

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20123412012-10-10. Engine

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
sb_2021_06_DTC2021-07-05. Service bulletin. There is often inconsistent or insufficient information received from dealers when reporting ECU and TCU related faults. This bulletin aims to standardise the information when filing a claim to After Sales.
sb_2020_012020-06-01. Service bulletin. 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).
2012-152018-07-23. Service bulletin. To increase it?s durability, the single piece steel VVT pipe originally fitted as a production running change to all Evora ?S? and ?S-IPS? models from ?12MY VIN CH_10159 is now further retained to the engine assembly by the use of an additional fixing.