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...
Engine & cooling
Lotus Evora Engine problems by year
7 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Lotus Evora's engine & cooling. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
Engine complaints by model year
Engine recalls
Lotus Cars USA, Inc. is recalling certain model year 2011 Evora supercharged vehicles equipped with a manual transmission and manufactured September 2010 through September 2011. The engine oil cooler hose may chafe and rupture resulting in oil loss.
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Lotus is recalling certain model year 2011 Evora supercharged vehicles manufactured from February 2011 through September 2011, equipped with a three-piece oil feed pipe with a flexible hose section. This engine mounted oil feed pipe, used to supply oil to the...
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Latest Evora engine complaints
For the second time, a Throttle Actuator code forced an engine shutdown while on a busy freeway with only very narrow breakdown lane stranding the car. Attempts to reset the code(s) failed for about 30 minutes whereupon codes reset and have not recurred indicating the code was only transient but very dangerous.
Driving on an interstate highway a MIL (Malfunction Indicator Light) illuminated and within less than 5 seconds, the engine went into shutdown mode. I was able to safely clear the highway but on a central lane and heavy traffic it would have been impossible to safely clear the highway and the car would be stranded in the middle of the road. Checking malfunction codes indicated a throttle body malfunction or at least a sensed malfunction as the car showed no problem ahead of shutdown. Second code indicated a "LIMP...
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HOME" mode which quickly progressed to a "SHUT DOWN" mode as indicated by a third code. I believe that I would rather damage equipment rather than shutdown in the middle of the highway and the shutdown mode should be programmed out. Car was towed to Lotus of Dallas dealer for troubleshooting and as of now there is no resolution.
Ips wiring harness issue - vehicle equipped with the automatic transmission would randomly lose complete power in the middle of driving. Vehicle stuck in this limp mode are unable to go back into gear and is locked out from driving, thus require the vehicle to be towed. This creates a hazardous condition that in an event if an individual was to merge into a lane and loses complete power as a result, accident will likely to occur due to the fact that the vehicle cannot gain speed or momentum in order to merge. ...
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Many owners with the automatic (ips) variation are experiencing the limp mode and is expressing their frustration on the internet. Lotus is well aware of the issue and is refusing to offer compensation to alleviate or address this issue knowing well enough this is a safety issue. For more details in regards to this, you can simply google: lotus evora wiring harness
While driving at around 35mph, the car (lotus evora) began to misfire and shut off. This resulted in loss of control of the car in traffic.
Decelerating to a stop, shifting down in gears, shift into first and bring vehicle to a complete stop and notice rpm's drop to zero and engine stalls. Has happened twice in two weeks, car is brand new.
Engine cuts out when driving at a slow speed and coming to a stop. *Tr
I was coming to a stop, applying the brakes and shifted the car into neutral, the car just shut off. The brakes became rock hard I had to use both feet to slow the car steering locked and I rear ended the car I front of me at 2-3 mph. The car was damaged the car was checked by the dealership I was told that there was nothing wrong with the car. The condition occurred again at nearly a complete stop and a third time with my wife in the car. Fortunately there was no contact with another cars. I brought the car to the...
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dealer and they reflashed the software. There have been no subsequent incidents since the software upgrade. One the lotustalk blog numerous lotus evora owners have experienced this condition. So it appears this is prevalent there are only 1000 of these cars in the usa . I think all owners should be contacted and updated as to this possible condition. *Tr
Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked daily. Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data