Engine malfunction, reduced power message?
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Engine malfunction, reduced power message?
Started the CM this morning and got the message on the nav screen that the engine had a malfunction and was operating under reduced power. I think it said it was ok to drive but contact dealer. Turned car off. Twenty minutes later started car and no error message at all, seemed to run fine. Anyone else experience this error?
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If car gave this message as engine power reduced than there should be a reason and these cars record logs of the malfunctions, you can not know when it will catch you. AT least service has to check the logs of the car in order to see what was wrong to cause that problem. It is the easy way to tell the customer to check in when problem occurs again :(
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SAme message today...
I had the same message today. Took off from stop light and lost all power. could barely make it up hill. Called service (120 miles away!) said have roadside pick you up. I let it sit for 10-15 minutes. No help. Then let it sit for an hour and no difference still horrible noise and no power. It also was sputtering somehting fierce. Also sound like there was no spool up of the turbo when you pushed on the gas. Needless to say my 3 month old is headed to service on a flatbed. I will keep you all posted.
I jinxed myself the other day reading the troubled CM posts thinking that i have not had a problem!
I jinxed myself the other day reading the troubled CM posts thinking that i have not had a problem!
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Heard back.
Just heard from the dealer. My malfunction was (supposedly) a misfire in cylinder 2. Ends up it was a bad spark plug. Of course they are not in stock.
My question is...I have owned many cars and never once had a "bad spark plug". This makes me a little nervous.
At least they got me a loaner locally. I live 120 miles from dealer. Also said they will flat bed car to me once done.
I will keep all informed.
My question is...I have owned many cars and never once had a "bad spark plug". This makes me a little nervous.
At least they got me a loaner locally. I live 120 miles from dealer. Also said they will flat bed car to me once done.
I will keep all informed.
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So more details on the service sheet...
This is what is quoted on the service sheet from technician...This wet spark plug makes me extremely nervous in a brand spanking new car.
"Hooked to ISID. Found misfires on cylinder 2. REmoved coils and sparks found #4 wet. Swapped #2 and #4 plugs. And #1 an #4 coils. Found misfires moved to cylinder 3. REmoved and inspected remained spark plugs. Found all to be wet. Replaced all 4 spark plugs and cleared faults. Test drove car. Verified no misfires after repair"
Anyone make any since of this. I'm wondering if there are some typos in the report? why does a brand new car get wet plugs? Didn't say if it was water, fuel, or oil. The service advisor said there was a crack in one plug whatever that means.
I have noticed that i have very significant carbon deposits on the exhaust...seemingly more than on my 08 Clubbie. anyone else notice this? Hope it is not related.
"Hooked to ISID. Found misfires on cylinder 2. REmoved coils and sparks found #4 wet. Swapped #2 and #4 plugs. And #1 an #4 coils. Found misfires moved to cylinder 3. REmoved and inspected remained spark plugs. Found all to be wet. Replaced all 4 spark plugs and cleared faults. Test drove car. Verified no misfires after repair"
Anyone make any since of this. I'm wondering if there are some typos in the report? why does a brand new car get wet plugs? Didn't say if it was water, fuel, or oil. The service advisor said there was a crack in one plug whatever that means.
I have noticed that i have very significant carbon deposits on the exhaust...seemingly more than on my 08 Clubbie. anyone else notice this? Hope it is not related.
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same here
I had the same dead engine problem with mine after 4 days. Had it towed back to mini, and a week later they claim its a bad fuel pump/injector. Parts on back order and no word when it'll be in. Been at the Dealer longer than with me. This my wife and my 4th mini, and could possibly be the last....I hope not.
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Just heard from the dealer. My malfunction was (supposedly) a misfire in cylinder 2. Ends up it was a bad spark plug. Of course they are not in stock.
My question is...I have owned many cars and never once had a "bad spark plug". This makes me a little nervous.
At least they got me a loaner locally. I live 120 miles from dealer. Also said they will flat bed car to me once done.
I will keep all informed.
My question is...I have owned many cars and never once had a "bad spark plug". This makes me a little nervous.
At least they got me a loaner locally. I live 120 miles from dealer. Also said they will flat bed car to me once done.
I will keep all informed.
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This is what is quoted on the service sheet from technician...This wet spark plug makes me extremely nervous in a brand spanking new car.
"Hooked to ISID. Found misfires on cylinder 2. REmoved coils and sparks found #4 wet. Swapped #2 and #4 plugs. And #1 an #4 coils. Found misfires moved to cylinder 3. REmoved and inspected remained spark plugs. Found all to be wet. Replaced all 4 spark plugs and cleared faults. Test drove car. Verified no misfires after repair"
Anyone make any since of this. I'm wondering if there are some typos in the report? why does a brand new car get wet plugs? Didn't say if it was water, fuel, or oil. The service advisor said there was a crack in one plug whatever that means.
I have noticed that i have very significant carbon deposits on the exhaust...seemingly more than on my 08 Clubbie. anyone else notice this? Hope it is not related.
"Hooked to ISID. Found misfires on cylinder 2. REmoved coils and sparks found #4 wet. Swapped #2 and #4 plugs. And #1 an #4 coils. Found misfires moved to cylinder 3. REmoved and inspected remained spark plugs. Found all to be wet. Replaced all 4 spark plugs and cleared faults. Test drove car. Verified no misfires after repair"
Anyone make any since of this. I'm wondering if there are some typos in the report? why does a brand new car get wet plugs? Didn't say if it was water, fuel, or oil. The service advisor said there was a crack in one plug whatever that means.
I have noticed that i have very significant carbon deposits on the exhaust...seemingly more than on my 08 Clubbie. anyone else notice this? Hope it is not related.
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Started the CM this morning and got the message on the nav screen that the engine had a malfunction and was operating under reduced power. I think it said it was ok to drive but contact dealer. Turned car off. Twenty minutes later started car and no error message at all, seemed to run fine. Anyone else experience this error?
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Just heard from the dealer. My malfunction was (supposedly) a misfire in cylinder 2. Ends up it was a bad spark plug. Of course they are not in stock.
My question is...I have owned many cars and never once had a "bad spark plug". This makes me a little nervous.
At least they got me a loaner locally. I live 120 miles from dealer. Also said they will flat bed car to me once done.
I will keep all informed.
My question is...I have owned many cars and never once had a "bad spark plug". This makes me a little nervous.
At least they got me a loaner locally. I live 120 miles from dealer. Also said they will flat bed car to me once done.
I will keep all informed.
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I just had this occur today. It sounds like there are several diagnosed problems for this error message. Has everyone has the problem resolved to their satisfaction. This makes me really nervous. This is my first ever brand new car and it's disheartening to have an engine malfunction after only 3 months and less than 3000 miles!
Do I understand that if I call Mini roadside assistance, they should tow it to the dealer at no cost (under warranty)? The dealer is 45mins away from my home. Fortunately it died as I was pulling into the drive but now it won't start at all...just sputters and dies.
Thanks for any input!
Do I understand that if I call Mini roadside assistance, they should tow it to the dealer at no cost (under warranty)? The dealer is 45mins away from my home. Fortunately it died as I was pulling into the drive but now it won't start at all...just sputters and dies.
Thanks for any input!
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Yes, MINI Roadside Assistance will arrange to have it flatbedded to the dealership. When my car was giving error codes and undriveable, they sent out a flatbed immediately at 10:30PM to pick it up. The driver delivered it to the nearest dealership 85 miles away. No cost.
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yea i just took mine in with the exact same issue...wet plugs???? it seems like theres number of people with the same problem...there may be a recall shortly....hopefully...
This is what is quoted on the service sheet from technician...This wet spark plug makes me extremely nervous in a brand spanking new car.
"Hooked to ISID. Found misfires on cylinder 2. REmoved coils and sparks found #4 wet. Swapped #2 and #4 plugs. And #1 an #4 coils. Found misfires moved to cylinder 3. REmoved and inspected remained spark plugs. Found all to be wet. Replaced all 4 spark plugs and cleared faults. Test drove car. Verified no misfires after repair"
Anyone make any since of this. I'm wondering if there are some typos in the report? why does a brand new car get wet plugs? Didn't say if it was water, fuel, or oil. The service advisor said there was a crack in one plug whatever that means.
I have noticed that i have very significant carbon deposits on the exhaust...seemingly more than on my 08 Clubbie. anyone else notice this? Hope it is not related.
"Hooked to ISID. Found misfires on cylinder 2. REmoved coils and sparks found #4 wet. Swapped #2 and #4 plugs. And #1 an #4 coils. Found misfires moved to cylinder 3. REmoved and inspected remained spark plugs. Found all to be wet. Replaced all 4 spark plugs and cleared faults. Test drove car. Verified no misfires after repair"
Anyone make any since of this. I'm wondering if there are some typos in the report? why does a brand new car get wet plugs? Didn't say if it was water, fuel, or oil. The service advisor said there was a crack in one plug whatever that means.
I have noticed that i have very significant carbon deposits on the exhaust...seemingly more than on my 08 Clubbie. anyone else notice this? Hope it is not related.
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Well--it was a fuel system problem, though I don't exactly know what part yet (I was in a movie when they called so I left the theater and talked quickly to get back in). The problem is like many others have seemed to experience--the replacement part is out of stock and on back order. They will know tomorrow how long it will take. They were super nice and quickly offered a loaner if it's not going to be quick.
I still love driving my mini though and am hopeful that this type of malfunction will be rare!
I still love driving my mini though and am hopeful that this type of malfunction will be rare!
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Add another to the list. Hit an open road, gave it some gas and it bucked a couple times, recovered, a mile down the road I got the reduced power message. Limped it into the dealership, they were nice and looked at it right away. Thought it might have been some bad gas, cleared the code and gave it back. I topped it off with more gas, but it didn't make it 2 miles before it happened again.
Now I'm in a loaner CM base model till they can figure it out.
Now I'm in a loaner CM base model till they can figure it out.
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I hate to say it but me too!
My Countryman S is not yet 3 months in my family and just rolled 3000 miles but it is close to 30 days in the shop for problems similar to the others listed here.
I live 250 miles from the dealership I bought it from and 150 miles from the one servicing it (both are in different states) and, while Mini has been great about communications and taking care of me, the wait for my car is getting to be a bit too much.
They originally told me it was a "fuel rail problem." ?!?!?!? And guess what? It is on back order and they had to overnight one from Germany but it never showed up. The first time at the dealership took three weeks and the end solution from engineering in Germany was to replace the high speed fuel pump. They were leery about that but tried it out and delivered it back to me. The car made it 524 miles on a road trip and died 3 miles from my house again. It is now back at the dealership waiting on the fuel rail.
This is my second mini and the first was an '04 Copper S that was a wonderfully reliable car that my wife and I hated to give up. Our third kid's impending birth required it though.
Hopefully we can get this fixed. That car is great to drive, when it is driveable!
CD
I live 250 miles from the dealership I bought it from and 150 miles from the one servicing it (both are in different states) and, while Mini has been great about communications and taking care of me, the wait for my car is getting to be a bit too much.
They originally told me it was a "fuel rail problem." ?!?!?!? And guess what? It is on back order and they had to overnight one from Germany but it never showed up. The first time at the dealership took three weeks and the end solution from engineering in Germany was to replace the high speed fuel pump. They were leery about that but tried it out and delivered it back to me. The car made it 524 miles on a road trip and died 3 miles from my house again. It is now back at the dealership waiting on the fuel rail.
This is my second mini and the first was an '04 Copper S that was a wonderfully reliable car that my wife and I hated to give up. Our third kid's impending birth required it though.
Hopefully we can get this fixed. That car is great to drive, when it is driveable!
CD
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So they told me yesterday that it's a fuel pump that of course is on back order. This pump is the one inside the fuel tank. the advisor said there where 3 in the whole united states and now there's none. It's going to be a week before it's comes in from Germany. He also said that mini will do a warranty extension if they find that this problem is in the thousands not the hundreds (countryman owners). And from what I have been reading it seems like every countryman will or have had this issue.