Thread: Elise Shifter Recall
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Old 01-13-2006, 03:02 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by pianomaniac
I'm surprised that Lotus didn't have the integrity to voluntarily issue the recall without the NHTSA getting involved.
What exactly makes you think that?

From the date on the letters, it appears that Lotus notified the NHTSA that there was a problem and that they were about to issue a recall to correct the problem. Then NHTSA issued the notice.

Without other information, it appears that Lotus did "have the integrity to voluntarily issue the recall".

I'm sure that there are lots of other legal requirements that are going on that we are not aware of (there's probably a requirement that the parts must be available and in stock prior to the recall, etc.)...

Here's an exerpt for Lotus' memo:
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