[AutoGuide.com]

Lotus Cars USA has announced a recall that affects 860 vehicles which have been fit with a faulty oil cooler hose.

The 2008 to 2011 Elise and Exige along with the 2011 Evora are being called back in because the oil cooler hose may detach, causing oil to spray all over the tires and or the engine compartment. This increases the risk of a collision due to slick tires and it increase the odds of a fire if the oil hits any hot components.

The oil cooler hose assembly will be replace on the Evore while the oil cooler hose fittings will be replaced on the Elise and Exige. Lotus has not yet provided a schedule for the recall.

This isn’t the first time Lotus has recalled these cars for oil leak issues.

For all the details about Lotus Recalling 860 Cars for Oil Leaks visit AutoGuide.com.

 

[Turbopun]

Wow. So I guess this is part 2 of the original oil recall campaign, or a totally new one?

 

[shay2nak]

wait...what? this is a recall on the recall for the Elise/Exige? I just literally had mine done a few days ago.

Oh nevermind. This includes ALL elise and exiges ever made. It was cutoff originally to the early MY07 cars. Now it's been extended to all MYs.

 

[driftwood]

surprised to see the Evora on the list now... (not so much the remainder of the Elige since they 'looked' to be of the same components)

Lotus had to of known about this issue prior to that car ever hitting the roads... wtf were they thinking?

 

[Nessal]

surprised to see the Evora on the list now... (not so much the remainder of the Elige since they 'looked' to be of the same components)

Lotus had to of known about this issue prior to that car ever hitting the roads... wtf were they thinking?

Probably wasn't thinking.

 

[AustinP]

This is the third (or maybe fourth?) recall for the same thing, they just keep extending the recall forward to include more (later build) cars. The last recall (preceding this one) was back in Feb. 2013, and included MY '07 and some early build '08 Eliges (including my '08 Exige S240).

 

[Nessal]

I wouldn't be surprised if they delayed the recall as to not overload the dealers with claims. Probably figured the newer cars will have their lines let go later than the older cars...

 

[Motard]

Not gonna lie. Trying not to feel smug knowing it's been done on mine!

I got two new oil coolers and a ProRad radiator with puller fans and 170F thermostat in that visit!

Wish I would have waited on the thermostat and saved the cash, but at the time I still had the IRRATIONAL FEAR of taking off my clam... silly child I was then playing with butterflies and every once and awhile finding a pretty flower :sheep:

 

[komiko]

jesus. Not again.

 

[sleepe]

Does this require clam removal? Exige

 

[dt34]

Had my 11 Evora S done this past spring.

 

[KCZ]

Isn't this a new problem, different from the 2 previous recalls for Evora oil line issues? Reading the NHTSA site, it seems like the fittings on the oil cooler hose are faulty this time. Last time, the hose was rubbing on something. (The first time involved the oil feed hose.) :crazyeyes

http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchSafetyIssues

 

[gooberschnot]

no one wants to be the next GM

 

[kahuna001]

I never got the recall mail. Who can I call ? Mine is a 05 Elise

 

[Shirp]

What the hell. I just took the clam off last weekend to do this. The car is in pieces in my garage.

 

[clarionguy]

Does this require clam removal? Exige

Yup front clam

 

[Doge]

Does this require clam removal? Exige

No. Mine was done clam on. Most of the time they can be done clam on, unless a fitting is stuck on one of the coolers.

See here: http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f361/recall-can-done-clam-pics-135945/

I never got the recall mail. Who can I call ? Mine is a 05 Elise

Call the dealer with your vin in hand.

Yup front clam

Not always. Only in certain cases.

 

[mspenard]

Taking the clam off is really easy. Just take your time first go and get help lifting it off. Also, put masking tape on the overlap areas near the door jam.

And screw the OEM lines, get Sector111's kit and never deal with this BS again. If anyone in the NH/MA area needs help hit me up

 

[forkmeupscotty]

Lotus actually knew about the issue and updated the hose crimps a few times over the years. Some worked better, of course.

This just seems like keeping all the cars updated to the so they don't have to worry about it.

 

[bri3d]

Has anyone with an '08+ Elise or Exige done a comparison to the pre and post-recall '05-'07 fittings?

It sounds like they changed something in '08 that they thought fixed the issue but turned out to fail again. That it carries all the way through to the first Evora is a bit worrying... I wonder if there's any implication for the '05-'07 recall kits that were installed on most of our cars.