Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING - LINKAGES - TIE ROD ASSEMBLY | |||
| 01/01/2006 | 3 | ||
| Please note, i have not had an issue yet, but other people i know have. the rear suspension inner toe link has been known to fail on the 05 + 06 lotus elise. i have seen failures of this part shearing apart on vehicles with as low as 5000 miles. a catastrophic failure of this part causes the car to become uncontrollable and undriveable. it is a serious situation where someone could be injured or killed. luckily no one has of yet. here is an internet link that describes the issue in a little better detail, and shows what happens to the toe link. http://www.elisetalk.com/forums/showpost.php?p=392088&postcount=34 here is also another picture of a different failure of this piece. http://www.1017.org/temp/toelink.jpg i understand that lotus sport has a fix for this issue, including better joints, and a suspension brace. i would urge the nhtsa to pressure lotus into doing a retrofit for existing cars, and improve the design going forward. for some info on that brace, here is one internet discussion. http://www.elisetalk.com/forums/showpost.php?p=179555&postcount=1 thanks for your time. *jb | |||