NHTSA recall 14V280000
A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.
| Published by | NHTSA (United States) |
|---|---|
| Campaign number | 14V280000 |
| Manufacturer's number | 2014/01R, 2014/02R |
| Manufacturer | Lotus Cars USA, Inc. |
| Reported | 2014-05-27 |
| Owners notified | 2014-09-30 |
| Component | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE |
| Units potentially affected | 860 |
| Report | Quarterly report 7, for 2016 quarter 1 |
|---|---|
| Filed with NHTSA | 2016-04-12 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 860 |
| Reported remedied | 316 (36%) |
| Reported unreachable | 189 |
| Reported removed | 4 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 1, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026-10-19.
What is wrong
Lotus Cars USA, Inc. (Lotus) is recalling certain model year 2008-2011 Elise and Exige vehicles manufactured from November 2007 to July 2011, and 2011 Evora vehicles manufactured September 2010 through September 2011. The oil cooler hose may detach from its fitting.
What can happen
A detached oil hose 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.
The remedy
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. The manufacturer has not yet provided a notification schedule. Owners may contact Lotus at 1-800-245-6887. Lotus' number for this recall is 201401R (Elise/Exige), and 2014/02R (Evora). Note: This recall is an expansion of recalls 11V-510 and 13V-041.
Notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
| 2008 LOTUS ELISE | Built 2007-11-01 to 2011-07-30. |
|---|---|
| 2009 LOTUS ELISE | Built 2007-11-01 to 2011-07-30. |
| 2010 LOTUS ELISE | Built 2007-11-01 to 2011-07-30. |
| 2011 LOTUS ELISE | Built 2007-11-01 to 2011-07-30. |
| 2011 LOTUS EVORA | Built 2010-09-01 to 2011-09-30. |
| 2008 LOTUS EXIGE | Built 2007-11-01 to 2011-07-30. |
| 2009 LOTUS EXIGE | Built 2007-11-01 to 2011-07-30. |
| 2010 LOTUS EXIGE | Built 2007-11-01 to 2011-07-30. |
| 2011 LOTUS EXIGE | Built 2007-11-01 to 2011-07-30. |
A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.
Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
| sb_2021_06_DTC | 2021-07-05. Service bulletin. There is often inconsistent or insufficient information received from dealers when reporting ECU and TCU related faults. This bulletin aims to standardise the information when filing a claim to After Sales. |
|---|---|
| sb_2020_01 | 2020-06-01. Service bulletin. Any unauthorised modifications, including fitment of non-approved after-market air filter resulting in generation of diagnostic trouble codes (DTC’s) P0101 & P1109. We have had several instances where DTC’s P0101 & P1109 had been set and the car recovered into the dealer, only for them to find that the original equipment engine air intake filter had been substituted for a non-approved after-market type (applicable to both dry and oil coated types). |
| SB-2011 | 2011-08-09. Service bulletin. LOTUS CARS: THE PROCEDURE TO RETROFIT AN OIL COOLER TRANSFER HOSE IN MODELS ELISE/EXIGE. *RM |
| 2008-13 | 2008-10-17. Service bulletin. LOTUS: INSPECTION OF OIL COOLER SANDWICH PLATE USED ON CARS WITH FRONT MOUNTED OIL COOLERS. TO INSPECT OIL COOLER FEED PORT FOR CORRECT AREA. *PE |
A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.