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Old Apr 15, 2009 | 06:18 PM
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Servicing my MINI

Long story short - i should have gotten a warranty.
i am having quite a bit of problems with my mini and seein if any of you have any advice or maybe even a cheaper alternative.
i spoke to Flow Mini and they estimated the major issues to be around $1400 to fix.
p/s fan went out and i didnt notice till it was too late. now i am getting a groaning noise everytime i turn the wheel. so i am pretty sure my p/s pump is gonna croak soon.
my low speep radiator fan does not function and i did not notice this till my a/c stopped blowing cold air.
dyanamic stability control does not function because of a bad steering angle sensor. also disables the tire pressure monitoring.
all in all they said that fixing the p/s fan should fix the low speed fan and hopefully the a/c.
but its like my mini has taken a huge electrical dump. her battery is drained if she isnt driven in a day and trying to find the parasitic load has been an epic fail. i dont mind getting her fixed but its only natural for me to not want to fork out so much money... any help? or ideas
 
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 05:08 AM
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Dan at Grassroots Garage.. is the place, many take their mini's. Just Ask BlueCooper... We are motoing up there this afternoon! 336.476.8551 www.grassrootsgarage.com
 
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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 06:59 PM
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Call Dan at Grassroots and get an appointment. Sounds like it may take mor e than a day. Suggest you take note of that. Let him know what all FLOW told you and he can have the parts available and I can assure you it will not cost you a arm and a leg, maybe an arm!!! The alternative is $$$$$$$$$ and OBAMA ain't in your corner!
 
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Old Apr 18, 2009 | 10:02 AM
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awesome guys. i called him and told him my situation and he is absolutely positive he can take care of my problems. once again thanks for the help. i havent made an appointment yet but here in the coming week ill have to take care of that.. speaking of the dragon and all. i wish i could go.
 
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