Engine radiator burst !!!

[Matt]

While driving my EMRIA very gently for around 6km, it suddenly displayed an overheating warning. When I pulled over, I found the antifreeze coolant had competely leaked out. Calling a tow truck ,taking the car to the LOTUS dealerfor inspection. Upon examination, it was confirmed that the cause was a BURST COOLANT HOSE. The vehicle has had 2 oil changes and 17,000km of safe driving so far.

What exactly caused this issue? Was it a material problem， a design flaw, or an assembly error ?

 

[Emira Fan]

That stinks !

I have a faint coolant smell - seems to be emanating from the upper tank, but no signs leaks. I need to really inspect the hoses.....

 

[Matt]

That stinks !

I have a faint coolant smell - seems to be emanating from the upper tank, but no signs leaks. I need to really inspect the hoses.....

It's best to inspect all coolant-ralated hoses. I believe this is not an isolated case. Maybe I have more miles, so the problem started earlier !

 

[MiamiBlue]

That's quite a catastrophic failure of the hose. It does look like a failure of the hose, rather than an assembly error (which would show by a hose coming loose for example).

17K is quite a high mileage for an Emira. Many will be out of warranty when they hit this figure. Hopefully it's a rare event, and not something we'll start to see in 'higher' mileage cars.

With a sample size of one, you can't draw any conclusions.

 

[Citizen]

Really 17k km feels high for the emira ? This is not a supercar , mine is 20k , should I’ll be worried about next months ?