By year
Owner complaints about Lotus vehicles peaked at 3 in 2024
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, 2018 to 2026. 2026 runs through October.
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints and recalls files. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA.
Make
Lotus
The complete NHTSA record for Lotus vehicles: owner complaints, recall campaigns, defect investigations and manufacturer communications, for every model and model year on file.
Most Lotus recalls are filed by Lotus Cars, part of Geely.
Owner complaints in the last five years55 on file in all, across 2 models
Recall campaigns20 in five years
Severity index0.0Crash, fire, injury or death per 100 complaints
Investigations046 service bulletins
Components
Suspension draws the most owner complaints about Lotus vehicles, 33% of them
Share of all owner complaints on file, by component.
Source: NHTSA ODI.
Models
The Evora has the most complaints of any Lotus model
Every Lotus model with complaints or recalls on file, by complaints. Counts are not rates: NHTSA publishes no sales volumes.
| Model | Model years | Complaints | Severity index | Recalls | Investigations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evora | 2015 to 2020 | 4 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Emira | 2023 to 2026 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: NHTSA ODI. Recall counts add campaigns across model years, so a campaign covering three years counts three times.
Latest recalls
Recent campaigns listing a Lotus product
- 19V-263 Apr 2, 2019
Toe board in the passenger footwell lacks stiffness, allowing the knee of an unbelted occupant to contact the rigid structure of the vehicle, in…
Structure · 424 vehicles - 18V-781 Nov 6, 2018
Due to an assembly error, in the event of a frontal collision, the steering column may not properly collapse to absorb some of the impact energy
Steering · 36 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.