Hey all I just recently picked up a really nice low miles 06 JCW. I looked up the VIN to see what options exactly are on the car. It came back with mine having heated seats and apparently it doesn't. Anyone else ran into things stating that their cars have options they don't really have?

 

For what it's worth, when I punch in the VIN, it's spot on..

 

mine exactly matches the window sticker as i ordered

 

Being new to these cars, maybe I am missing something then?

Am I looking at option 494 correctly?


Type code RE33

Type COOPER S (USA)

Dev. series R53 ()

Line M

Body type COUPE

Steering LL

Door count 3

Engine W11

Cubical capacity 1.60

Power 125

Transmision FRONT

Gearbox MECH

Colour CHILI RED (851)

Upholstery KUNSTLEDER/SILBERGRAU/GRAU (K7TV)

Prod. date 2005-10-18




Order options
No. Description
1CA SELECTION COP RELEVANT VEHICLES

2TA LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL

210 DYNAMIC STABILITY CONTROL (DSC)

249 MULTI-FUNCTION FOR STEERING WHEEL

3AL JOHN COOPER WORKS KIT

314 HEATED WINDSCREEN WASHER NOZZLES

345 CHROME LINE INTERIOR

383 ROOF AND MIRROR CAPS IN BLACK

403 GLAS ROOF, ELECTRIC

429 INTERIOR SURFACE, ANTHRACITE

450 HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT F FRONT PASSENGER SEAT

473 ARMREST, FRONT

494 SEAT HEATING F DRIVER/FRONT PASSENGER

5AA REAR FOG LAMP

520 FOGLIGHTS

522 XENON LIGHT

534 AUTOMATIC AIR CONDITIONING

550 ON-BOARD COMPUTER

586 LT/ALY WHEELS/S-SPOKE W ALL SEASON TYRES

645 RADIO CONTROL US

650 CD PLAYER

692 CD CHANGER I-BUS PREPARATION

8SP COP CONTROL

895 ADDITIONAL VENTILATOR

9AA EXTERNAL SKIN PROTECTION

925 SHIPPING PROTECTION PACKAGE




Series options
No. Description
228 SPORTS SUSPENSION SETTINGS PLUS

255 SPORTS LEATHER STEERING WHEEL

262 HEAD AIRBAG

441 SMOKERS PACKAGE

470 CHILD SEAT ISOFIX ATTACHMENT

481 SPORT SEATS F DRIVER/FRONT PASSENGER

493 STORAGE COMPARTMENT PACKAGE

546 REVOLUTION COUNTER

563 LIGHTS PACKAGE

657 RADIO BOOST

736 SECOND RADIO REMOTE CONTROL KEY

823 HOT CLIMATE VERSION

845 ACOUSTIC BELT WARNING

853 LANGUAGE VERSION ENGLISH

876 RADIO FREQUENCY 315 MHZ

992 NUMBER PLATE ATTACHEMENT MANAGEMENT

 

It would appear that you should have had the heated seats. Mine ('05MCS) has the same option code and does in fact have the heated seats. By the way, your car is fantastically optioned! My favorite color combo (other than PH/B) and every good option box minus the H/K system was checked.

On a related note, when I ran my VIN it said the car came with white bonnet stripes, but my car does not have any and there is no ghosting in the paint to indicate they were there. However, it is not unlikely that someone early in the car's life decided to take them off, or even have the dealer do it from day one.

I believe I even heard from somewhere that all seats have the heating elements in them, it's just a matter of having the wiring for it and the control panel.

 

Is there still a site that offers free vin lookup for a mini? I'm not finding anything!

WMZYT5C38J3E60328
thx

 

that's cool - I pasted in the vin and it linked to the vin decoder here once I saved the post!

but it doesn't match the dealer description, like display size, adaptive shocks, etc. so I'm not sure which one is true...

https://www.autonation.com/cars/WMZYT5C38J3E60328

Is there a site that gives a regular window sticker?