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Lotus Exige

Every Lotus Exige model year on file, 2005 to 2011. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years10 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years72005 to 2011
Recall campaigns4Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins87Summed across model years
By model year

The 2006 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

00.250.50.75120052006120072008200920102011
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Visibility and wipers leads the Lotus Exige complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Visibility and wipers
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Lotus Exige model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Lotus Exige by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2011Not decoded0NoneNone1014
2010Not decoded0NoneNone1011
2009Not decoded0NoneNone2017
2008Not decoded0NoneNone2018
2007Not decoded0NoneNone1011
2006Coupe10.0121011
2005Not decoded0NoneNone105
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Lotus Exige

  • 14V-280 May 27, 2014
    Oil cooler hose may detach from its fitting
    Engine and cooling · 860 vehicles
  • 13V-041 Feb 5, 2013
    Oil cooler line may become detached from its fitting
    Engine and cooling · 451 vehicles
  • 11V-510 Oct 14, 2011
    Oil cooler line may become detached from its fitting
    Engine and cooling · 5,041 vehicles
  • 09V-179 May 26, 2009
    Rear hub flange bolts on some of these vehicles may be under-torqued and may become loose
    Wheels · 87 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.