Lotus Elise 1997–2020 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB_2020_03 · NHTSA communication 10180671 · issued Sep 30, 2020
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
1997–2020
model years
37
vehicle entries
Official summary
Air conditioning compressors failing due to oil starvation. TSB reminds dealers of correct replacement and running-in procedures.
Vehicles covered
- 2005 Lotus Elise
- 2006 Lotus Elise
- 2007 Lotus Elise
- 2008 Lotus Elise
- 2009 Lotus Elise
- 2010 Lotus Elise
- 2011 Lotus Elise
- 1997 Lotus Esprit
- 1998 Lotus Esprit
- 1999 Lotus Esprit
- 2000 Lotus Esprit
- 2001 Lotus Esprit
- 2002 Lotus Esprit
- 2003 Lotus Esprit
- 2004 Lotus Esprit
- 2008 Lotus Europa
- 2010 Lotus Evora
- 2011 Lotus Evora
- 2012 Lotus Evora
- 2013 Lotus Evora
- 2014 Lotus Evora
- 2015 Lotus Evora
- 2016 Lotus Evora
- 2017 Lotus Evora
- 2018 Lotus Evora
- 2019 Lotus Evora
- 2020 Lotus Evora
- 2005 Lotus Exige
- 2006 Lotus Exige
- 2007 Lotus Exige
- 2008 Lotus Exige
- 2009 Lotus Exige
- 2010 Lotus Exige
- 2011 Lotus Exige
- 2007 Lotus Exige S
- 2008 Lotus Exige S
- 2009 Lotus Exige S
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.