Just got a notice from BMW MINI on a recall that has no solution as of yet.

 

Came up a month or so ago.
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...-incoming.html

Looks to be a continuation of this one:
​​​​​​​https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...le-recall.html

 

That was 3 years ago....I wonder what changed. Is this the module with the integrated starter relay?

 

warranty extension that turned into a recall, thats my guess

 

Is this the module with the integrated starter relay?

 

Footwell Module has the main board, the relays are on the fuse box or SPEG/JBE module

https://www.ecstuning.com/Search/Sit...otwell_module/

 

Thanks for the info. Why the hell is this rusting? Seems like it would be an issue for convertibles.

 

Water gets to it from clogged sunroof drains. Or bad window seals, front seal on windshield, non sunroof. Or a convertible top down problems. Multiple ways for this to happen even on a non sunroof car. The problem is it too low in the floor and it was not made very waterproof.

 

I wonder if they will install new units on everyone's car or just check them and seal them with some dielectric grease.

 

New units from what i can see, might be some other stuff added also as part of the fix.

 

Maybe a new engine to replace this French junk?

 

So my 2011 Cooper caught fire, most likely because of this. The damage was mostly isolated to the driver side footwell and dash. There was soot all over everything in the car. Electrical is totally screwed. Had just replaced the battery too.

 

Yikes, were you ok?

 

Did you put out the fire yourself?

 

Does anyone know how long a manufacturer has to come up with a fix and start issuing repairs?

 

It happened while the car was parked in the garage, sometime between last Thursday and yesterday. I noticed the wipers and mirrors had gone up, which was odd. It seems like it had cooled off for at least a day because nothing was hot to the touch.

I was working on changing the brakes last week, so I could actually drive it again. On the bright side, I no longer have to deal with the damn rusted rotor set screw.

 

Im sorry the car is a total loss JC.

 

Oh my... I just received the recall letter from BMW Canada. Wonder when they are able to get this fixed.

 

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Hoping Mini/BMW can do something for me. Waiting for a case manager to call me.

 

Update on the FRMs https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...utions-13.html

 

ok you guys are selling FRMs but I dont wanna pay for one....if BMW will swap for free.

 

I think the fact that the FRMs being available means the recalls might start getting fixed.

 

Assuming the fix is changing the module as opposed to improving the drainage from the sunroof.

Hopefully they do both.

 

Yep, thats my guess also. Yep if you can get them to cover it, that's what i would do. My MINI is not covered, so if mine goes bad i got to buy one and its finally in stock.

 

My wife just bought a 2011 R55 and we found this open recall on it. It's a low mileage car, but was obviously kept outside and the cowl trim is wasted. This has me very interested in getting this recall cleared up ASAP as well as new cowl trim ASAP.