{"nhtsa_id":10143132,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-07-23","date":"2016-09-02","document_id":"2016-06","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES","mfr_system":null,"summary":"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.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10143132-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10143132-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10143132","components":[{"id":"brakes","name":"Brakes","parent":null},{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"LOTUS","model":"ELISE","year_from":2005,"year_to":2011,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2005_lotus_elise","2006_lotus_elise","2007_lotus_elise","2008_lotus_elise","2009_lotus_elise","2010_lotus_elise","2011_lotus_elise"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}