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Lotus oil cooler line may become detached from its fitting.

NHTSA campaign 13V-041 · Reported February 5, 2013 · 451 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Lotus Elise and Exige
VEHICLES AFFECTED
451
REMEDY
Lotus will notify owners, and dealers will replace the oil cooler hose fittings and the entire lateral oil cooler hose, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Lotus Cars USA, Inc. reported a problem with the cooling system hoses/lines/piping/fittings. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

The oil cooler line may become detached from its fitting.

WHY IT MATTERS

A detached oil line could spray oil on a tire, increasing the risk of a crash, or it could spray oil throughout the engine compartment increasing the risk of a fire.

WHAT TO DO

Lotus will notify owners, and dealers will replace the oil cooler hose fittings and the entire lateral oil cooler hose, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 13V-041.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2007–2008Lotus Elise
2007–2008Lotus Exige

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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