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17th January 2012, 20:01
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Do you own a new Mini Cooper S/Works?
Mini have announced a fault on the circuit board for the waterpump on the new engines or something like that i read?
causing the car to catch fire.
recall for new waterpump wiring and stuff
anyone on here got one/had problems?
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17th January 2012, 20:03
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rick_VTR
Mini have announced a fault on the circuit board for the waterpump on the new engines or something like that i read?
causing the car to catch fire.
recall for new waterpump wiring and stuff
anyone on here got one/had problems?
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A lad on our local car club had one go up in flames due to this exact wiring fault. That was about 2 years ago. How has it took so long to find the problem and do something about it!?
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17th January 2012, 20:04
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rick_VTR
Mini have announced a fault on the circuit board for the waterpump on the new engines or something like that i read?
causing the car to catch fire.
recall for new waterpump wiring and stuff
anyone on here got one/had problems?
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Yes mine should be one of them thats to be recalled, waiting on confirmation atm. 
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17th January 2012, 20:09
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oh well, atleast its free 
my mate in work thought his cooper s needed doing but his is on an 03 plate, IIRC its 2006 models onwards?
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17th January 2012, 20:18
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Originally Posted by rick_VTR
oh well, atleast its free
my mate in work thought his cooper s needed doing but his is on an 03 plate, IIRC its 2006 models onwards? |
yeah thats right, its the Mini Cooper Clubman S 2007 and 2008, Mini Cooper S 2007 and Mini Cooper S Convertible 2007 that the recall is on 
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17th January 2012, 21:44
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Mate of mine had the last version, idler or tensioner (I cant remember which) shat itself and grenaded the engine. Apparently they were plastic and just heat cycled till they fell apart.
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17th January 2012, 21:47
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Was a batch of 600 cars that had a technically updated loom that the problem was on. All owners have been informed about it. Its not really a problem compared to fords recall of the focus st setting fire to the fire wall but that never seemed to make the news.
Mate works at a mini dealership in Bradford and there phone never stopped ringing this morning about there car over heating. All this for a peice of loom that costs £150 quid.
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18th January 2012, 11:44
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suprised this has only just come up as my sister had that issue about a year back, while she was in the car with her 2 kids.
basically smoke started pouring from the engine bay, she managed to pull over and get out sharpish.
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18th January 2012, 13:03
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SaxoJay88
How has it took so long to find the problem and do something about it!?
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Price of a nationwide recall and sorting out all cars vs price of sorting out a few cars and keeping the recall under wraps...
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18th January 2012, 18:16
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gabbastard
Mate of mine had the last version, idler or tensioner (I cant remember which) shat itself and grenaded the engine. Apparently they were plastic and just heat cycled till they fell apart.
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Haha, mine did this! It had 60032 miles on it and was 3years and 7 days old.
Needed a full engine rebuild, thank fuck it was a company car!
To be fair to BMW they actually footed half the bill. It was around £6k
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