Rear Suspension Problems of Lotus Elise

Failure: broken toe link bolt. Event¿s leading to the failure: normal driving of the car on public streets. Consequences of the failure: rear wheel will move freely causing total loss of control of the car. This can cause an accident from minor injuries to both the car¿s occupants and innocent drivers around the car to severe penalties such as death(s). What was done to correct the failure: proper removal and cleaning of galvanized clumps (manufacture defect) where the toe link bolts to the chassis. Moreover, replacement of the toe-link joint, nuts and bolts, and ensure they are properly torqued to manufactures specification.

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While making a left turn, a loud bang occurred with a strange feeling at the rear of the car and the car spun 180 deg. I got out of the car and saw the rear passenger car tire toed out at about 20 deg. The bolt connecting the toe control link to the chassis broke, causing the rear tire to move from its normal straight ahead position to an abnormal, exaggerated toe out position. The toe control link and securing bolt have not yet been replaced, but will be shortly.