{"nhtsa_id":11001640,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2024-06-13","date":"2024-05-23","document_id":"TSB-131-24011","mfr_campaign":"TSB-131-24011","replaces":null,"component":"SUSPENSION","mfr_system":"Spring Seat Isolator","summary":"Fitment of lower spring seat isolator to front damper assemblies to eliminate scraping noise whilst driving. Movement between the contact areas of the front damper spring seats and road springs can cause a scraping noise whilst driving. If this scraping action is occurring, then it will also cause visible witness marks on the spring seat/spring contact area. To prevent this scraping action on customer vehicles, the isolators already fitted to the upper spring seat, can now also be fitted to the base of the front road springs. As a production running change, lower spring seat isolators will also be fitted from: Emira V6 VIN: SCCLEKAX5PHN10585","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2024/MC-11001640-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2024/MC-11001640-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/11001640","components":[{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"LOTUS","model":"EMIRA","year_from":2023,"year_to":2023,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"LOTUS","model":"EMIRA","year_from":2024,"year_to":2024,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2024_lotus_emira"]}],"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":[]}