Lotus Elise 2005–2011 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 2016-06 · NHTSA communication 10143132 · issued Sep 2, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
component
2005–2011
model years
7
vehicle entries
Official 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.
Vehicles covered
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.