I was told that there should be a plate on the drivers' door. But there isn't any. At least as far as I can tell.

There's one on the passenger door that reads the following:

Made by BMW
Mini Cooper S
N14B16A
A59/5
1.0
Laser Blue Metallic
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
((VIN Number)

There's another one on the drivers' door which lists tire pressures, a tire with a RESET sign... and that's it.

Every car I've owned says something about the date of production and the place it was built... but mine doesn't. I also looked under the hood... nothing other than information about the refrigerant used on the A/C.

Am I missing something...?

 

On my 2006, right above, to the right, the tire pressure sticker is another sticker that has the Vin # and also the production date, just the month and year, no day.

It is entered as ##/##

 

Call MINIUSA give them your VIN #, they should be able to tell you when your car started/finished production. Some consider the start of Production, others consider the finished date as your car's Birthday.

 

Thanks, I'll definitely call Mini. I've tried to enter the Owners Lounge on the site, but the VIN isn't recognized as valid...

 

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I posted a way to find this out once, I think it was in the "things you didn't know about your Mini" over 2 years ago. I pushed and held the button that resets the trip odometer and a screen of info comes up on the tach that includes the born on.. date. I found it by accident and there's other stuff there that i didn't understand. Try it.