If they replace the carpet I will be surprised. The carpet has padding under it as well and will have to go. I'll keep my fingers crossed

 

what a bummer..hopefully all will be made well. you shoulda come to my house and crashed for a coupla hours. ..
It's weird these cars have so much trouble in the rain

 

that doesn't sound like fun! I hope you get it all straightened out with minimal hassle. I've read a lot of various problems on the forums lately. I hope this is all just a phase!

Best of luck to you guys!!

 

Erm, the back draining tubes? I knew there were ones in the front, but not the back! Hmm, time to take another trip outside and see...

I'm going to make it part of my car washing routine from here-on-out to check all of the drains! It sucks when your car floods if it's under warranty, but it's really going to suck if its not!! And my warranty was gone long ago! Plus, my MINI rarely sees the inside of a parking garage, which gives the drains ample occasions to get gunked up.

Thanks for the heads up, and I hope you get SF back soon! (And enjoy your sleep )


-Paul!

 

Sorry to hear about the problem. Sure hope they fix it up to your satisfaction.

 

Here is the total damage to Soulfire.

New Headliner
New BC computer
New F/R drain tubes
New carpet.

We asked for new carpet, but the SA hasn't called us yet. We shall see

 

Is this all under warranty? (so, no cost to you?)

 

Make sure you do what you have to do to get new carpet! You dont wanna be dealing with mold spores in about a month and wonder why everyone who rides in your car,including you, gets sick!
I hope you get it all situated and sorry to hear of your troubles.

 

Yes, warranty.

 

The first thing I thought when I read 'wet headliner' was that the sunroof drains were clogged. This is precisely what happened to my previous car and it has a lot to do with why we bought a new mini this summer.

It's something I'll have to keep an eye on because the trees overhanging our driveway and curb spaces drop all manner of debris on our cars. Leaf, bark, nuts, dead branches (GRRRR...dents). Worst of all is pollen and the worst pollen is oak pollen. That will clog up rubber tubes where they have to make bends. My saturn's sunroof drains cloggled at a point inside the trunk and filled up the spare tire compartment with water.

I have to learn the routing of the drains in the minis yet, but testing the drains is pretty simple. With the sunroof open on a dry day, carefully pour a little water into the outer peripheral area of the sunroof hole. Make sure the water doesn't stand. Then, look under the car for water drips. Increase water flow to get a feel for how well it's draining.

In saturnfans.com's forums, a few folks were sucessful in clearing the drains by sticking a rubber-tipped air compressor nozzle into the drain hole at the sunroof end and blowing the junk out the other end. I didn't have a compressor, but it was easy to find the rubber tubes inside my trunk and I removed them from the car to clean and flush them out.

As for the carpet....several days of fresh, dry air circulating through the car can dry it out. Dessicant packets might help if you close the car up at night. But if the car sits closed up on a hot day with a wet seat or carpet, you'd be surprised how fast mold will grow. I speak from experience. Ask about a new carpet under warranty.

 

Just got a call from Tate and.......... We GOT THE CARPET!

 

Hooray!

 

YAY! Just make sure they dry everything out thoroughly before installing the new carpet. New carpet on damp anything will still equal mold.
If ya want, I can toddle over there and check on things for ya. Just a thought....

 

Katie, sure, if your bored I am not sure if it is dry by now. They said they have to order the part, so SF will be there a little longer. I believe the Tech is Sam, he said he is going on vacation next week. Thanks.

 

The guy yesterday told me that when the strip everything out, they will put in some kind of mold deterant (something about the same thing they use in the A/C or something like that) and will spray that under the headliner/carpet!
I am just really happy that they are changing everything. I became VERY alergic to mold living down in FL and so dont' want to deal with being sick again!
So it looks like we shall get her back on Tuesday or Wednesday! Just in time to go to Philly!

 

sounds like they have it covered, then. no need to stick my nose in....

 

and this is all because the window would not roll up?

I feel so bad for you ... so sorry That is severe damage. What about the seats ... are they preplaces all the seats??? Water is there will get mold too!

 

No, this is all because MINI designed inferior drainage for the roof. It multiplied into the end result of it. We checked the seats before we left the dealer and they were fine. I was suprised about that actually.

 

YAY for Carpet!! Sounds like you'll be rollin' in Soulfire quickly. I plan to get familiar with my drains and check them from time to time now that I'm aware of this issue.

 

Yeah, tell me about it! I will be checking each and every one EVERY WEEK!

 

Thanks for all the well wishes. I REALLY missed having her at the breakfast this morning! But hopefully she will be good as new by the middle of next week.

 

Today's breakfast was cool in that we got a sneak peak @ the new MINI traveler

 

 

I dropped my baby off @ Tate this afternoon for service and there was Soulfire sitting right at the gates to Tate's service area. Very hot on the inside and soon to have a all new inside


Oh and sadly I learned Caroline is now a BMW SA and a BMW SA has replaced her. I told her ex-assistant "thats the 3rd person in a year" She said, "I know" sad...she was so good the BMW guys grabbed her

 

Got a call from Tate today by a SA named Phillip. He is the one taking over for Caroline. The parts are in and SF should be ready Thurs. Hopefully we can actually pic her up, Stacey has to work that night and am not sure if we can do it, plus she works the night before, so it may not be till Friday. We shall see.