Lotus Warranty Question

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Folks I may be purchasing a 2005 S2 from a private seller, the seller tells me that the Lotus manufacturers warranty is until 2007 (as the car comes with 2 years), What I would like to know is the warranty balance transferable to myself should I purchase the car and is the warranty acceptable at any lotus main dealer in the UK or is it only applicable to dealer the car was purchased from….

Any help would be great, as I’ve not purchased a car like this privately before…. hence have a few nerves!!!

Thanks

Bing

[bjc388]

Welcome

The balance of the warranty is transferable subject to the "Change of Owner" transfer of warranty form being completed and sent off to Lotus ... it should then be honoured by any authorised dealer until the expiry of the factory warranty.

Good luck on your purchase ...

[bogie]

be aware that its 2 years or 20K miles though ......

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thanks folks, forgive me for sounding silly but what does "Change of Owner" clause mean, does this mean that I enter my details and send a form to a Lotus dealer???


thanks

[S Works]

Yep, there's a tear-off coupon inside the owners book (where all the dealers stamps are) which you send off to Lotus CS I believe. If in any doubt, just give Lotus a call and double-check the process.

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Cheers folks,

Another quick question, do mods like a stage 2 exhaust and piper-cross induction kit on a 111r make the lotus warranty invalid even if they were fitted by a Lotus Dealer at purchase by the previous owner...I'm dreading getting the MIL engine management issue, does the lotus warranty cover MIL diagnostics and fix???


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[gooby]

bing said:

Cheers folks, Another quick question, do mods like a stage 2 exhaust and piper-cross induction kit on a 111r make the lotus warranty invalid even if they were fitted by a Lotus Dealer at purchase by the previous owner...I'm dreading getting the MIL engine management issue, does the lotus warranty cover MIL diagnostics and fix??? thanks

THe stage 2 'zorst is a lotus exhaust and is an option at purchase. I am not sure about the pipercross. I should think that if you can proove that the mil light is a warentee issue then they will fix. The induction kit is fitted by a lotus approved dealer then any issues arising from this install is the dealers problem. If it get bad then simply remove the pipercross and replace with the original set up.

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[quote=gooby
The induction kit is fitted by a lotus approved dealer then any issues arising from this install is the dealers problem. If it get bad then simply remove the pipercross and replace with the original set up.[/quote]

Thats the thing you see the car is from a private seller who had lotus put on the extras but no longer has the original parts, the car is still in manufactuerers warranty...Daam this is confusing, may be I should just start my search again and get a an unmodded one!!!

[S Works]

Call Lotus customer services bing. Get the answer from the horses mouth. The exhaust you will be fine on, the air filter, if supplied and fitted by a Lotus Dealer I'm sure you'll be OK with.

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I've just spent the best part of this afternoon looking for lotus customer services number on thier web site, does anyone here know it??

thanks