| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006066014 | Incident Date: Dec, 31 2005 |
| Consumer's City: PFLUGERVILLE | Consumer's State: TX |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Lotus Cars Limited |
| Model Name: ELISE | Model Year: 2006 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Steering:linkages:tie rod assembly |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: May, 23 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Please note, i have not had an issue yet, but other people i know have. the rear suspension inner toe link has been known to fail on the 05 + 06 lotus elise. i have seen failures of this part shearing apart on vehicles with as low as 5000 miles. a catastrophic failure of this part causes the car to become uncontrollable and undriveable. it is a serious situation where someone could be injured or killed. luckily no one has of yet. here is an internet link that describes the issue in a little better detail, and shows what happens to the toe link. http://www.elisetalk.com/forums/showpost.php?p=392088&postcount=34 here is also another picture of a different failure of this piece. http://www.1017.org/temp/toelink.jpg i understand that lotus sport has a fix for this issue, including better joints, and a suspension brace. i would urge the nhtsa to pressure lotus into doing a retrofit for existing cars, and improve the design going forward. for some info on that brace, here is one internet discussion. http://www.elisetalk.com/forums/showpost.php?p=179555&postcount=1 thanks for your time. *jb |
