Lotus Elise 1997–2020 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin TSB_2020_03 · NHTSA communication 10180671 · issued Sep 30, 2020
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment Adaptive/mobility
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.