{"nhtsa_id":11021415,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2025-08-05","date":"2025-07-27","document_id":"131-25015","mfr_campaign":"131-25015","replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN","mfr_system":"TCU (Transmission Control Unit).: Software","summary":"New VBF headers and Bootloader SW available for the TCU (Transmission Control Unit). The new VBF headers and Bootloader software will allow for future SW updates of the TCU using EmiraDS. ACTION - Check and identify any affected Emira vehicles from your inventory stock, dealer demonstrators and customer vehicles to ensure that this campaign action is performed at the first opportunity. - Any affected vehicle’s campaign status will be displayed on the Lotus Commercial Management System (LCMS). NOTE: Please inform the vehicle owner that this TCU bootloader SW update will not affect current vehicle functionality. Procedure Using the Lotus Insight tool*, the Emira Diagnostic System will show the availability of a new software version for the TCU. *Note: This MUST be done using the Lotus Insight Tool.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11021415-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11021415-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/11021415","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"LOTUS","model":"EMIRA","year_from":2024,"year_to":2025,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2024_lotus_emira","2025_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":[]}