LOTUS Vehicle check

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Vehicle check

Amalgamated Vehicle checks of LOTUS vehicles

Our proprietary algorithms have number crunched over 236,473 LOTUS Vehicle checks and ranked the reasons that LOTUSs fail their tests. Use this service to help find a new vehicle that’s right for you or get ready for your own LOTUS's check.

Some examples of the most common issues are:
Offside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) Occurs:102 times
Nearside Side repeater incorrect colour  Occurs:40 times
rear brake recording little or no effort  Occurs:82 times
Offside Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases  Occurs:24 times
Offside Front Wheel nut missing  Occurs:30 times
Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) Occurs:11 times
Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) Occurs:49 times
Rear fog lamp switch inoperative (4.5.3 (a)) Occurs:15 times
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint  Occurs:34 times
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour  Occurs:30 times
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort Occurs:2,706 times
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside  Occurs:67 times
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) Occurs:61 times
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam  Occurs:440 times
Offside Rear Service brake effort inadequate at a wheel ai Occurs:20 times
Emissions not tested (8.2.1.2 (d)) Occurs:38 times
Nearside front brake juddering severely  Occurs:23 times
Rear rear brake recording little or no effort  Occurs:35 times
Offside Rear Shock absorber has negligible damping effect  Occurs:41 times
Nearside Rear coil spring fractured  Occurs:13 times
Nearside Front Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image  Occurs:53 times
Nearside Rear Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt  Occurs:15 times
Offside Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel  Occurs:12 times
Offside Front position lamp not working  Occurs:1,011 times
Nearside Front Valve stem seriously damaged (5.2.3 (j)) Occurs:12 times
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