2010 Lotus Evora

Owner complaints

What owners report most

1. Air bags1
2. Power train1

Latest complaints

• May 12, 2013CA12,049 mi
  Air bags

  Air bag comes on constantly. 4+ times in one year. will have to take back to dealer to check again. *tr

• Dec 27, 2012TX23,000 mi
  Power train
  The car IS a manual transmission. enginering/design defect causes engine heat to boil hydraulic clutch fluid, leading to hydraulic clutch fluid decay over time, leading to failure of master clutch cylinder and clutch pedal stock in down position while driving. This ultimately makes it impossible…

  The car IS a manual transmission. enginering/design defect causes engine heat to boil hydraulic clutch fluid, leading to hydraulic clutch fluid decay over time, leading to failure of master clutch cylinder and clutch pedal stock in down position while driving. This ultimately makes it impossible to get into neutral or shift gears. if this had happened on the highway in fourth gear, who knows what would have happened. lucky for me it happened in a parking lot. the car was in first gear at 5 mph and the clutch pedal was stuck in the down position. I could not shift gears or get the car into neutral. I had to stall the car to stop it. the car dealer IS repairing it now with a retro fit device to prevent engine heat from boiling the bydraulic cluthc fluid. I think a reall IS necessary becasue this problems happens to other lotus evora owners as I have heard from the local mechanic and the owner blogs on the internet.

Service bulletins

Technical service bulletins and other communications the manufacturer sent dealers about this vehicle. Ask a dealer for the full document by its number.

• 10209516Standard information required and procedures to be followed when reporting ECU & TCU faults. There is often insufficient, or inconsistent information received from dealers when reporting ECU & TCU related faults, this can lead to unacceptable delays in repairing vehicles.
• 10198785There 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.
• 10180671Air conditioning compressors failing due to oil starvation. TSB reminds dealers of correct replacement and running-in procedures.
• 10175849Any unauthorised modifications, including fitment of non-approved after-market air filter resulting in generation of diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) P0101 & P1109. We have had several instances where DTCs 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).
• 10143133Procedure to recover the ECU if an ?ECU Comms Failure? message appears in the instrument panel display screen. Under certain conditions such as a discharged battery or an interrupted programming procedure, the vehicle ECU (Electronic Control Unit) may lose communication with other engine management systems.
• 10143128Confirmation of updates to the Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) sections of the Technical Service Notes concerning the necessary procedures required to ensure that that the air conditioning compressor is correctly ?run in? after any major HVAC repairs/replacements have been carried out.
• 10143127Clarification of air conditioning compressor ?Running-In? Procedure. Insufficient lubrication will result in compressor failure due to seizure, reducing air conditioning performance and also generate diagnostic trouble codes.
• 10143126To reinforce the importance of checking and clearing stored fault codes at time of PDI (Pre-Delivery Inspection). The increased frequency of battery disconnection/reconnection that vehicles are subjected to during transportation from the factory to the dealer or in some instances the prolonged storage, vehicle inactivity and resultant battery discharge may result in DTC?s (Diagnostic Trouble Codes) being generated by the vehicles ECU (Electronic Control Unit).
• 10143122Brake hose/pipe inspection. The routing of all brake hoses and pipes is set during production to ensure that they cannot come into contact with any other ancillary components regardless of the vehicles suspension travel range or steering movement.
• 10143121Potential causes of cruise control deactivation without intentional driver intervention.
• 10143119Instances of ABS (Anti-Lock Braking System) tell tale lamp illumination accompanied with fault code C0460 (pressure sensor failure) have been reported back to Lotus Cars. Although the pressure sensor located within the ABS module is non-serviceable; another potential cause of this problem is the brake light switch plunger being incorrectly set. Incorrect setting of the switch plunger will result in the ABS brake line pressure being too high at the time of brake light activation, thus generating a fault code and illuminating the ABS or Service tell tale lamp.
• 10143116The latest update for Techcentre V4.16.00 has a feature to prevent unauthorised variant code alteration.
• 10096481The latest update for techcentre v4.16.00 has a feature to prevent unauthorised variant code alteration.
• 10054031Lotus: information provided regarding the inspection of all brake pipe/hose, on some vehicles, based on scheduled maintenance and the positioning of pipe/hose. Models elise, exige, evora, europa. No years listed.
• 10044340Lotus: driver/passenger door IS no longer fitted and not allowing individual locking but doors with cdl (central door locking) switch for doors remains unchanged. The battery discharged or inoperative transmitter key no longer lock, mechanically, the right hand door.

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