# Service bulletin SB\-2013\-17

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: 10054031
- Published by NHTSA: 2013\-12\-17
- Manufacturer's number: SB\-2013\-17
- Manufacturer's date: 2013\-10\-29
- NHTSA component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:HYDRAULIC:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS

## NHTSA's summary

LOTUS: INFORMATION PROVIDED REGARDING THE INSPECTION OF ALL BRAKE PIPE/HOSE, ON SOME VEHICLES, BASED ON SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE AND THE POSITIONING OF PIPE/HOSE. MODELS ELISE, EXIGE, EVORA, EUROPA. NO YEARS LISTED. \*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

Brakes

## Vehicles listed

- 2005 to 2009 LOTUS ELISE
- 2011 LOTUS ELISE
- 1969 LOTUS EUROPA
- 2008 LOTUS EUROPA
- 2010 to 2013 LOTUS EVORA
- 2005 to 2007 LOTUS EXIGE
- 2008 LOTUS EXIGE
- 2009 LOTUS EXIGE
- 2007 LOTUS EXIGE S
- 2008 LOTUS EXIGE S
- 2009 LOTUS EXIGE S

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [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.
- [2013\-17](/bulletins/10143122.md), 2018-07-23, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SUPPLY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:HYDRAULIC:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS. Brake hose/pipe inspection. The routing of all brake hoses and pipes is set during production to ensure that they cannot come into contact with any other ancillary components regardless of the vehicles suspension travel range or steering movement.
- [2013\-04](/bulletins/10143119.md), 2018-07-23, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS:SWITCH; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SUPPLY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS. Instances of ABS \(Anti\-Lock Braking System\) tell tale lamp illumination accompanied with fault code C0460 \(pressure sensor failure\) have been reported back to Lotus Cars. Although the pressure sensor located within the ABS module is non\-serviceable; another potential cause of this problem is the brake light switch plunger being incorrectly set. Incorrect setting of the switch plunger will result in the ABS brake line pressure being too high at the time of brake light activation, thus generating a fault code and illuminating the ABS or Service tell tale lamp.
- [SB\-2015\-03](/bulletins/10058909.md), 2015-12-16, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:ABS WARNING LIGHT. LOTUS: SOME VEHICLES, UNDER WARRANTY, HAVE ILLUMINATION OF THE ANTI\[LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM \(ABS\) ACCOMPANIED BY GENERATION OF DIAGNOSTIC CODE C0340, EVEN THOUGH SOME BRAKE LIGHT SWITCHES EXHIBITED STICKING PLUNGERS. MODEL ELISE/EVORA, EXIGE S. NO YEARS LISTED. \*PE
- [SB\-2013\-04](/bulletins/10052099.md), 2013-05-17, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:ABS WARNING LIGHT. LOTUS: DUE TO FAULT CODE C0460 \(PRESSURE SENSOR FAILURE\) TAIL LAMP OF ABS \(ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM\) WILL ILLUMINATE AND A POTENTIAL CAUSE IS BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH PLUNGER INCORRECTLY SET. MODEL ELIXE, EXIGE, EVORA. NO MODEL YEARS. \*PE
- [2013/02](/bulletins/10051866.md), 2013-04-17, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER. REPLACEMENT OF PLASTIC BODIED TYPE CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER. LOTUS. \*KB UPDATED ON 4/22/2013. \*KB

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