Hitting the steering rack limit

[MiamiBlue]

Not a fault (I don't think?!), but has anyone noticed when you reach the limit of the steering rack (full lock turn for parking etc) it's a sudden clonk, rather than a soft damped stop?

 

[Jinba ittai]

Yup, this is a thing.

 

[Enut]

Yes, worried me too but I think it's normal.

 

[sonor8s]

The Ackerman compensation at full turn is way off, too. I can feel the tires dragging like no other car I have owned.

 

[cryptovince]

Good to hear that it's normal. I've been worried about that too . It's a very loud clonk.

 

[DeltaTL6]

The more pronounced issue is the tire skipping while rolling at full lock, like when backing out of a driveway. It's as if the tires are running over a bunch of pebbles. Think it's part of the same problem. Anyone else experiencing that?

 

[sonor8s]

The more pronounced issue is the tire skipping while rolling at full lock, like when backing out of a driveway. It's as if the tires are running over a bunch of pebbles. Think it's part of the same problem. Anyone else experiencing that?

My comments about the Ackerman compensation being off were based on my experience backing out of my driveway every morning. I assume the suspension/turning geometry was optimized for higher speeds. I can live with that.

 

[allenyao09]

The more pronounced issue is the tire skipping while rolling at full lock, like when backing out of a driveway. It's as if the tires are running over a bunch of pebbles. Think it's part of the same problem. Anyone else experiencing that?

This is normal for Emira unfortunately

 

[Orchardbike]

This is normal for Emira unfortunately

It was exactly the same with my Evora 400

 

[Nick Sticks]

Not a fault (I don't think?!), but has anyone noticed when you reach the limit of the steering rack (full lock turn for parking etc) it's a sudden clonk, rather than a soft damped stop?

When was your car built, is it an earlyish one?
When I test drove two Emiras back in January 2024 they both had the steering clunk at the limits.
However my November 2023 build car doesn't have this at all.
I assumed Lotus had changed something.

 

[MiamiBlue]

When was your car built, is it an earlyish one?
When I test drove two Emiras back in January 2024 they both had the steering clunk at the limits.
However my November 2023 build car doesn't have this at all.
I assumed Lotus had changed something.

Registered October 23, but it's a UK car that would have been built in the initial run (they over produced RHD cars having over estimated demand, and they've been providing 'new' cars from this pool of stored cars).

You could be right that they've changed something at the factory. But if every car does it accept yours... Then that would worry me more.

Perhaps anyone else can comment that theirs doesn't do it?