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Service bulletin sb_2022_01_Lotus

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 id10209516
Published by NHTSA2022-04-04
Manufacturer's numbersb_2022_01_Lotus
Manufacturer's date2022-03-16
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN

NHTSA's summary

Standard information required and procedures to be followed when reporting ECU & TCU faults. There is often insufficient, or inconsistent information received from dealers when reporting ECU & TCU related faults, this can lead to unacceptable delays in repairing vehicles.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Transmission and driveline

Vehicles listed
LOTUS ELISE2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
LOTUS EVORA2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
LOTUS EVORA2017, 2018
LOTUS EVORA2020
LOTUS EVORA GT2020, 2021 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
LOTUS EXIGE2005 to 2007
LOTUS EXIGE2008
LOTUS EXIGE2009
LOTUS EXIGE2010, 2011
LOTUS EXIGE S2007
LOTUS EXIGE S2008 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
LOTUS EXIGE S2009

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
05V5710002005-12-29. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION

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_2019_13_20_MY2019-09-09. Service bulletin. A limited VIN range of vehicles have left the factory without the latest level .crp programs being installed within the ECU (Electronic Control) and TCU (Transmission Control) units.
2014-022018-07-23. Service bulletin. 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.
2013-182018-07-23. Service bulletin. 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.
2013-022018-07-23. Service bulletin. Some Evora owner?s have reported difficulty in engaging or changing gear as well as other symptoms such as very little or no resistance required to depress the clutch pedal or the clutch pedal has failed to return to its original position when released.