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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration informs on its website that 860 Lotus sports cars are being recalled because of a pretty dubious fault. According to the agency, the oil cooler hose may detach from its fitting, spilling oil on the hot engine, rear tires and mum knows what else, translating into a high risk of spontaneous combustion or loss of grip at the rear.
Lotus Cars USA, Inc. tells that out of the 860 recall population, some 780 vehicles represent the Lotus Elise and Exige from the 2008 to 2011 model years, built between November 2007 and July 2011. No less than 80 units of the 2011 model year Lotus Evora S are also prone to spray oil on the rear tires or throughout the engine bay, increasing the risk of a fire or of an accident.
The previously mentioned Lotus vehicles have always been tricky little track-bred sports cars, but a few liters of oil spillage surely made them an interestingly hot proposition (pun intended). Fortunately enough, nor the NHTSA or Lotus Cars USA, Inc. are aware about any accidents somehow connected to the defective oil cooler hose.
Lotus will notify owners, and dealers will replace the oil cooler hose fittings on the Elise and Exige vehicles and will replace the oil cooler hose assemblies on the Evora vehicles, free of charge. Owners may contact Lotus at 1-800-245-6887 or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration at 1-888-327-4236 or www.safercar.gov.
The previously mentioned Lotus vehicles have always been tricky little track-bred sports cars, but a few liters of oil spillage surely made them an interestingly hot proposition (pun intended). Fortunately enough, nor the NHTSA or Lotus Cars USA, Inc. are aware about any accidents somehow connected to the defective oil cooler hose.
Lotus will notify owners, and dealers will replace the oil cooler hose fittings on the Elise and Exige vehicles and will replace the oil cooler hose assemblies on the Evora vehicles, free of charge. Owners may contact Lotus at 1-800-245-6887 or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration at 1-888-327-4236 or www.safercar.gov.
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