As a MDT for Toyota, and team leader I can tell you Hybrids are VERY simple. VERY VERY Simple actually. There is a safety issue working with them, but the actual workings of an HV system in a Toyota/Lexus is stupidly simple.

 

Spoooolin. Simply put. If Mini have that part to build new car. Then it should be in my car. Right? My car is 1 year old.....how many cars have they built in that time?

 

OK. Was booting off the lights and the engine shut down..... "Drivetrain Malfunction"! Managed to start it again and on hitting the gas hard again same thing! Check Engine light is on....taking it in....never stops.

 

Ask 'em to squeeze your car, add some sugar and put it in a tall glass with a straw in it. I'd drive the damn thing right through the showroom window.

 

That freaking sucks dude...

 

Yeh. It does suck but it didn't help when the service adviser told me the 2007's were a complete nightmare! At least they aren't learning from their mistakes!

 

I was pretty active on NAM when I first got my 2007, for a couple years. I honestly don't remember much bad mojo early on. There were maybe 3 lemon law people early on. One had to lawyer up. I had a HPFP go out and there was a recall on some water pump that cooled the turbocharger (but only a couple caught on fire--I never got mine changed). The chain tensioner thing popped up several years later, not right away like your stuff. You're probably had more different problems than anyone I've seen and one after the other.

 

So the dealership have to "build a case". I am taking the car in for an 2nd time "drivetrain malfunction" problem on Monday. They have to document all my visits and the time away from the car.
Basically I think I have had 2 weeks driving without being aware of a major problem. Not a good run. Will report o what Mini do.

 

wow LOT OF ANGST HERE.

yeah I belatedly found out it's a **** car. hahaha. N14 engine. JCW '11. '10 production build. Tensioner replaced at 20K, clutch cylinder, water pump, washer system. Drove it from Dallas to Malibu and back again across west Texas desert - zero problems.

It's a fun car to drive. But engine does smack of poor engineering.

I would repeat what my techs who are some of the best say from LA & Dallas: keep oil topped off and changed every 5k. AND time out your turbo before shutting down. I leave my JCW running at the gas pump on long trips. Never shut down till end of trip.

PLUS ALWAYS CARRY SOME WARRANTY. I have a 100K extended warranty on the car.

I've driven a Prius hahaha - no thanks.

 

+ 1, most probably I will be banned again but I'm just telling the truth. Minis are a POS.

 

The engineering is top, there were some reliability problems.

http://www.psa-peugeot-citroen.com/e...eugeot-citroen

 

Well Mini Canada have offered me $2500 for the lack of use off my car and a further $2700 off a new car. So $5200 total. I was just about to pull the trigger on a new golf r....Still on the fence but it is tough. New JCW would be nice too but my mini is probably almost as quick with it's tune.
This would bet my 4th Mini.
If I go for the R not sure if I could handle the low res VW dealers!

 

If it were me, I'd be throwing that $5200 toward the JCW. Of course I'm not the one that has been suffering the new MINI woes.

 

They finally fixed my shocks!! Like a new car now. I'm talking your advice...New JCW ordered...

 

WooHoo x2! All this talk about the JCW cars makes me want to hurry up and pay my car off and get this ball rolling!

Buuuuut I'm still going to hold out and see if a MINI Minor get the green light here in the next couple years. It'll be hard to wait....

 

Congratulations! I'm sure you will love your JCW...and hope, hope, hope that you find it to be trouble free.

 

Congrats !! Nice to see Mini offering some reprieve after all your troubles.

 

glad to hear you finally got the new shocks and they're helping.
I'm also pretty jealous that you're getting a JCW! those seats look so nice.

 

Gregory welcome to the club! ok tell us your build?

 

Well I'm going stealth. Silver white with a black roof. Pretty much loaded except for the driver assistant package. Piano black..I'm going to wrap my dash panels with carbon fibre or something cool. Standard transmission. Sort of thing....it's going to be a June build.

 

Very cool man

 

Thanks. Yes...hoping and praying for a better experience. I must say having shocks that rattle is the worst problem because the car feels old and damaged every time you get into it. At least they now have a fix -- which I'm sure will work on the JCW. I'm excited.

 

I bet you'll be good with the JCW especially after the disaster of an F56 you got. There's nowhere to go but up right?

 

TBN. Could not agree more. Clean slate. Now that my shocks are fixed though the handling and drivability has improved. With the BM tune the car is very quick. Burgers tune adds 30BHP so puts the MCS in the 220 HP range. It will be interesting to see how much quicker the JCW is compered to this. Very exciting stuff. Probably BM will make a tune for the JCW. :-)

 

From what I've heard on other threads, it sounds like the existing BT will work on the fJCW. Just need someone to test it...