2012 countryman less than a year old with moisture in black housing HID headlight.

Really? Disappointed...

 

Admin please delete duplicated thread sorry

 

Not a normal occurrence, use the warranty to make it right, that's why they have it

 

Exactly. There seem to be a large amount of people that expect the car to be 100% perfect and free of all defects. Manufacturing defects happen. Get it fixed and carry on.

My favorite is the "I can't believe I paid X dollars for this car only to have it (fill in the blank)."

 

I guess people are used to problems with vehicles... I feel like quality in manufacturing is not what it used to be.

 

Uhh pretty sure it has less to do with a lack of quality manufacturing, and more to do with the complexity of the vehicle. Do older vehicles have less problems? I don't doubt it. Do they have anywhere near the amount of complexity and technology as vehicles these days? Not even close.

 

Funny, i feel the opposite. I think quality is better now than it used to be, especially in the past decade. Cars in the 70s - 90s were built like ****, unless you're referring to earlier than that, in which it's pointless to compare.

 

my black housing HID headlight got **** load of fingerprint inside of it and got little foggy .......

 

Case in point: my parents' 1981 Chevy Malibu Classic. Now there was a certified POS.

 

Biggest problem with defects with the Mini is the lack of dealer network.

 

My father had a 2007 BMW 5 Series. He had the left rear taillight assembly replaced twice under warranty because they kept corroding and stopped working. It happens.

 

Personally, I really don't mind those minor problems since the dealership has positive attitude and fix it ASAP, that's the point.

We have a lot of different and mainly high-end cars in family and I have to say almost every car has some little flaws. For example, in my grandfathers X5 got ECU broken, chrome peeled off my fathers M-B ML hood badge, also our 911 had some little issues.

On my Countryma my rear lamp chrome surroundings got badly spotted after winter (well, the chrome had been just "eaten" by the salt used by plowing machines). I told my dealer about it and they changed it almost immediately, so I have to say I'm pretty satisfied.
I think the quality is improving over the years, my Countryman is much better made than Cooper R50 and R53 we used to own...

 

Can you honestly say that you see more cars broken down on the side of the road compared to 20-30 years ago?