My wife has a 2017 Countryman S. This afternoon it would not start for her. When I got there, I jumped it with my F56, and it started. I let it run for a while, then shut it off. It would not start again. I jumped it again to restart. I then drove it home. It lost the date/time, but radio stations were fine. I pulled in the garage, shut it off, waited about 5 minutes and it restarted without issue. I went back out an hour later, and notthing. It actually tried, but not enough power. Clearly, a bad battery. Hard to believe as it is just over 2 years old. Has anyone else seen premature battery failures? Now my real question. how the heck do I remove the battery? I took off the plastic covers on top and removed the connections, but I cannot get the battery to budge. It is like it is bolted down. I assume I have to take the shrouds off in the front and side of the battery but wanted to ask before making a mess. lol

Thanks

 

https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/f...der/1VnXpVuauB

 

Thanks for the directions, that is perfect! I didn't know that site existing. It will now be my first stop!

 

btw .. a failed battery is a warranty item .... was at the dealer just this week and asked for a new one cuz of age. Said if it was starting the car I'd have to pay but if I waited for it to fail it was covered . . .

NOT maintenance ... WARRANTY

 

The car has 46,000 miles. I have a call into Mini of Mt Laurel to see what they will do.

 

my 15 gets 4 years / 50,000 . . .

(time is from 'in service date' ... I have another year)

 

We received a new battery, under warranty, from Mini of Mt Laurel. The regular price was almost $500! We were told the battery had a damaged cell. As always, the service was great!

 

Despite what you may read here on this site at times, not all of the MINI dealers are bad or untrustworthy. Your's did you right.