Lotus Elise: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 6 recall campaigns for the Lotus Elise, model years 2005 to 2011. NHTSA has 72 complaints on file for this model line. 5 of the 7 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Lotus Elise | 2 | 0 | 0% | 938 |
| 2010 Lotus Elise NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 860 |
| 2009 Lotus Elise | 2 | 1 | 10% | 947 |
| 2008 Lotus Elise | 2 | 0 | 0% | 1,311 |
| 2007 Lotus Elise | 2 | 8 | 78% | 5,492 |
| 2006 Lotus Elise NHTSA page | 1 | 17 | 165% | 5,041 |
| 2005 Lotus Elise | 2 | 46 | 447% | 6,781 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
83 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 542.2 | 45 |
| Engine | 96.4 | 8 |
| Power Train | 84.3 | 7 |
| Visibility | 48.2 | 4 |
| Electrical System | 48.2 | 4 |
| Suspension | 48.2 | 4 |
| Unknown or Other | 48.2 | 4 |
| Fuel/Propulsion System | 24.1 | 2 |
| Latches/Locks/Linkages | 12 | 1 |
| Wheels | 12 | 1 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Lotus Elise: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/lotus/elise/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- LOTUS CARS LTD
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Lotus Elise model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2011 with 2, 2009 with 2, 2008 with 2. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Lotus Elise model year has the most complaints?
- The 2005 model year, with 46 of the 72 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Lotus Elise name?
- Engine and Engine Cooling: 542.2 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine: 96.4 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 84.3 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Lotus Elise?
- 1 investigation names one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.