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Technical service bulletins are instructions a manufacturer sent its dealers about a known fault. They are not recalls and the work is usually not free, but they are the clearest signal of a problem the manufacturer already knows about.
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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.
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There is often inconsistent or insufficient information received from dealers when reporting ECU and TCU related faults. This bulletin aims to standardise the information when filing a claim to After Sales.
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Air conditioning compressors failing due to oil starvation. TSB reminds dealers of correct replacement and running-in procedures.
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Any unauthorised modifications, including fitment of non-approved after-market air filter resulting in generation of diagnostic trouble codes (DTCâs) P0101 & P1109. We have had several instances where DTCâs P0101 & P1109 had been set and the car recovered into the dealer, only for them to find that the original equipment engine air intake filter had been substituted for a non-approved after-market type (applicable to both dry and oil coated types).
2016-15
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.
2015-17
The latest Lotus TechCentre release (V5.14.0) is now available as an online update and includes programming enhancements for Evora S and Exige S ?12MY models onwards.
2015-03
Application of silicone grease to brake light switch plunger to improve durability. Several instances of brake light switch renewal under warranty have been reported due to the illumination of the ABS (Anti-Lock Braking System) tell tail lamp accompanied with the generation of diagnostic trouble code C0340 - brake light switch.
2014-11
Confirmation of updates to the Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) sections of the Technical Service Notes concerning the necessary procedures required to ensure that that the air conditioning compressor is correctly ?run in? after any major HVAC repairs/replacements have been carried out.
2014-08
Clarification of air conditioning compressor ?Running-In? Procedure. Insufficient lubrication will result in compressor failure due to seizure, reducing air conditioning performance and also generate diagnostic trouble codes.
2014-05
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).
2013-17
Brake hose/pipe inspection. The routing of all brake hoses and pipes is set during production to ensure that they cannot come into contact with any other ancillary components regardless of the vehicles suspension travel range or steering movement.
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LOTUS: INFORMATION PROVIDED REGARDING THE INSPECTION OF ALL BRAKE PIPE/HOSE, ON SOME VEHICLES, BASED ON SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE AND THE POSITIONING OF PIPE/HOSE. MODELS ELISE, EXIGE, EVORA, EUROPA. NO YEARS LISTED. *PE
2013-09
The latest TechCentre release (V5.1.0) released as on online update on 11 June 2013. Includes important TCU software program updates
2013-04
Instances of ABS (Anti-Lock Braking System) tell tale lamp illumination accompanied with fault code C0460 (pressure sensor failure) have been reported back to Lotus Cars. Although the pressure sensor located within the ABS module is non-serviceable; another potential cause of this problem is the brake light switch plunger being incorrectly set. Incorrect setting of the switch plunger will result in the ABS brake line pressure being too high at the time of brake light activation, thus generating a fault code and illuminating the ABS or Service tell tale lamp.
2013-02
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.
2013-15
Potential causes of cruise control deactivation without intentional driver intervention.
2012-18
Because of CARB legislation requirements, the most recent version updates of Lotus Techcentre have changed the fault code look up screen to describe the fault type by one of 3 terms.
2012-17
The latest update for Techcentre V4.16.00 has a feature to prevent unauthorised variant code alteration.
2012-15
To increase it?s durability, the single piece steel VVT pipe originally fitted as a production running change to all Evora ?S? and ?S-IPS? models from ?12MY VIN CH_10159 is now further retained to the engine assembly by the use of an additional fixing.
2012/15
TO INCREASE ITS DURABILITY, THE SINGLE PIECE STEEL VVT PIPE ORIGINALLY FITTED AS A PRODUCTION RUNNING CHANGE TO ALL EVORA S AND S-IPS MODELS FROM 12MY VIN CH_10159 IS NOW FURTHER RETAINED TO THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY BY THE USE OF AN ADDITIONAL FIXING.
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LOTUS: THE RETAINING CLIP IS RETROFITTED FOR RH CYLINDER BANK VARIABLE VALVE TIMING (VVT) PIPE TO INCREASE DURABILITY AND TO RETAIN ENGINE ASSEMBLY. MODELS 2012-2013 EVORA S AND S-IPS. *PE
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.