So, I was checking the fluids on my new-to-me 2012 Mini Countryman S and realized I didn't know where to find the power steering reservoir and I can't seem to find it in the manual as well. Maybe I'm persistently overlooking something, but I'm stumped.

I feel dumb asking, but I figure it's better to feel dumb than skip part of my fluid checks.

My Google-fu is usually mighty, but all my searches about Minis and power steering point to the power steering pump issue in the 1st Gen Minis that I already know too well from my departed 2003 S and nothing of use about the Countryman.

 

You are fortunate that you have an electromechanical power steering (EPS) system that doesn't require power steering fluid.

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Is that true for the 2015 Countryman too? Just got mine last week.

 

Thanks! Now that I know the right keywords, I'm finding relevant info.

I'd learned so much about my R53 that it's disconcerting having a car that I haven't yet investigated every last inch.

 

Welcome to NAM, atom. Yes, the 2015 also has the EPS system.

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