Tl* the contact owns a 2005 lotus elise. the contact stated that he received a recall notice in january 2012 for nhtsa campaign id number:11v510000 (engine and engine cooling). the contact stated that he tried to get the vehicle repaired but the manufacturer stated that they were working on trying to determine how to repair the vehicle. the contact stated he wanted to get the vehicle repaired but it was taking too long for the vehicle to be serviced under the recall, which had exceeded a reasonable amount of time. the contact had not experienced a failure. updated 8/6/12 *cn updated 08/14/2012 *js
Front oil cooler hose blew off spraying underside of car with oil. pulled vehicle over and towed to dealer for maintenance fix. *tr
Right side oil cooler hose blew off while traveling at 65mph spraying oil over the right back tire. the engine seized and car coasted to a stop position on side of road. car was inoperable and towed to dealer. *tr