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Lotus Elise 2005–2014technical service bulletin

Bulletin 2013-17 · NHTSA communication 10143122 · issued Oct 29, 2013

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Service Brakes, Air
component
2005–2014
model years
18
vehicle entries

Official summary

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.

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.