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Lotus Elise 2005–2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin sb_2020_01 · NHTSA communication 10175849 · issued May 19, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2005–2020
model years
28
vehicle entries

Official summary

Any unauthorised modifications, including fitment of non-approved after-market air filter resulting in generation of diagnostic trouble codes (DTCâ s) P0101 & P1109. We have had several instances where DTCâ s 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).

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.