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Service bulletin 2012/15

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10096475
Published by NHTSA2017-03-27
Manufacturer's number2012/15
Manufacturer's date2012-10-19
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT

NHTSA's summary

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.

The document

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Components

Equipment and accessories

Vehicles listed
LOTUS EVORA2013

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
13V2160002013-05-21. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS

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
TSB_2020_032020-10-05. Service bulletin. Air conditioning compressors failing due to oil starvation. TSB reminds dealers of correct replacement and running-in procedures.
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).
2014-112018-07-23. Service bulletin. 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.
2014-082018-07-23. Service bulletin. 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.
2012-182018-07-23. Service bulletin. Because of CARB legislation requirements, the most recent version updates of Lotus Techcentre have changed the fault code look up screen to describe the fault type by one of 3 terms.
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.
2012/152017-03-27. 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.