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Passenger Car – Lotus “Elise”

Serious risk Fire, Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 15 Feb 2020In the weekly report of 17 Jan 2020 (week 3, 2020)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger Car
Brand
Lotus (14 alerts)
Name
Elise
Type / model
e4*2001/116*0008*71 to e4*2001/116*0008*72 e4*KS07/46*0011*00 to e4*KS07/46*0011*24
Batch numbers
The affected vehicles were manufactured from 15/05/2012 to 30/06/2019. (official alert record)
Barcodes listed
2019/02R (official alert record)
Description
Passenger car under Lotus recall code: 2019/02R.
Production dates
The affected vehicles were manufactured from 15/05/2012 to 30/06/2019.
Risk
The plastic spacers between the engine fuel rail and cylinder head may expand and contract. Consequently, the cylinder head's securing bolts might suffer excessive fatigue, leading to fuel leak, increasing the risk of accident and fire.
Measures
  • Recall of the product from end users · by the manufacturer · from 3 Dec 2019
Company recall code
2019/02R
Notifying country
United Kingdom
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/00048/20
    European Commission, Safety Gaterecord fields marked “official alert record”: © European Union, CC BY 4.0; values listed separately here
  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2020-3 (XML)
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