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May 30th, 2009 at 11:10 am

Tesla blames Lotus for Roadster recall

in: HiTech
Tesla blames Lotus for Roadster recall clipped from www.nzherald.co.nz

Tesla will recall over half of the $175,000 Roadsters that it has sold, citing a mistake by contract chassis builder Lotus.
Tesla Motors is recalling more than half of its new $109,000 (NZ$174,610) electric Roadster sedans to deal with a problem with the vehicle’s steering, the automaker said. The San Carlos, California, automaker said the recall will tighten rear bolts that were improperly assembled by Lotus, the contract manufacturer of the Roadster chassis. The recall affects 345 Roadsters from the 2008 model year assembled between March 2008 and April 2009. The electric car company has delivered nearly 500 Roadsters, spokeswoman Rachel Konrad said. The government said Lotus was recalling 27 Elise and Exige vehicles from the 2009 model year to handle similar problems. A Tesla owner complained about poor steering around wide turns, leading the company to investigate. No injuries have been reported.

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