2005 Lotus Elise Engine cooling Problems

“While driving at highway speeds I suddenly smelled oil and looked down to see my oil pressure light come on. I immediately pulled over and found oil coming out of the right front side of the car onto the right front and rear tires. Upon have the vehicle towed to a repair should they found that the incoming oil line into the passenger side oil cooler had completely separated from the connector.”

“Nhtsa recall #11v-510. On 11/11/13 I made an appointment for 11/18/13 to have the referenced recall work performed on my 2005 Lotus Elise at star motor cars in houston, tx. On 11/18/13 I brought the car to star motor cars to have the recall work done. Today is 11/26 and the work has not been completed and star motor cars cannot tell me a date that it will be completed. Star motor cars has failed to perform the recall work in a timely manner.”

“I bought my car used from a private seller in pennsylvania. After doing the first oil change myself I noticed the was oil seeping from one of the oil line fittings at the sandwich plate. After some research I have found this is a common problem among Lotus' years 2005-2007, and can result in failure of the oil line at speed causing a crash or fire. It has also been brought to my attention that the NHTSA is performing an investigation on this issue.”

“Said to be a 'common' problem when looking on forums;my 2005 Lotus Elise while driving down the road the oil light comes on, so naturally I see a gas station and go to pull in when the driver side front tire locks and skids to the right side . I was only doing less than 30mph so nothing bad happened . Got out and my entire crankcase of synthetic oil is all up the driver side and covering the front driver tire. I was headed to the interstate and this could have been disastrous. I feel blessed the light came on before I hit high RPM's. …”

“2005 Lotus Elise oil-line (cooler line) failure. The oil line failure occurred while operating vehicle. The driver side rear wheel was coated with oil, creating possible deadly situation. I turned car off immediately. I hope that there was no engine damage. The vehicle had to be towed. This incident occurred during daylight hours and while operating the vehicle in a straight line. If the oil cooler line had failed at night or during a curve on a highway, the incident could have been serious or tragic. There have been several other complaints regarding this failure.”