# Service bulletin 2014\-05

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: 10143126
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-07\-23
- Manufacturer's number: 2014\-05
- Manufacturer's date: 2014\-07\-28
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY

## NHTSA's summary

To reinforce the importance of checking and clearing stored fault codes at time of PDI \(Pre\-Delivery Inspection\). The increased frequency of battery disconnection/reconnection that vehicles are subjected to during transportation from the factory to the dealer or in some instances the prolonged storage, vehicle inactivity and resultant battery discharge may result in DTC?s \(Diagnostic Trouble Codes\) being generated by the vehicles ECU \(Electronic Control Unit\).

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10143126-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10143126-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Electrical system, 12\-volt battery

## Vehicles listed

- 2005 to 2011 LOTUS ELISE
- 2010 to 2014 LOTUS EVORA
- 2006 to 2007 LOTUS EXIGE
- 2008 LOTUS EXIGE
- 2009 LOTUS EXIGE
- 2010 to 2011 LOTUS EXIGE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [2016\-15](/bulletins/10143133.md), 2018-07-23, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. Procedure to recover the ECU if an ?ECU Comms Failure? message appears in the instrument panel display screen. Under certain conditions such as a discharged battery or an interrupted programming procedure, the vehicle ECU \(Electronic Control Unit\) may lose communication with other engine management systems.

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