not sure if this is related or not.

from http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs...5V205-4250.PDF

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In 1Q2014, BMW began an internal review to determine if other models might be similarly affected. In April 2014, a warranty review indicated a potential issue with certain model year 2005 to 2008 MINI models, but the root cause was not known since the seat mat design was significantly different compared to the BMW models. Since the potentially affected vehicles were out of warranty, BMW initiated a special USA parts collection campaign in June 2014 to acquire field parts from customer-owned vehicles. In September 2014, a sufficient quantity and variety of returned parts were provided to the supplier for further analysis.

In December 2014 the supplier reviewed its findings with BMW, noting that there appeared to be multiple issues causing increased electrical resistance of the sensor mat, associated with production, installation and field exposure (wear).

In January 2015 the supplier examined its production records and quality control information to identify the production dates and lots of affected parts. In February 2015, BMW conducted reviews and analyses of vehicle production records to identify the potentially affected vehicles which were manufactured with the affected parts.

On March 31, 2015, BMW decided to expand recalls 08V-384 and 13V-564 to replace the passenger occupancy seat mat on additional affected vehicles.
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so whoever still has the dreaded airbag light on should go get their car's fixed at MINI's expense and whoever got their car fixed already should file a claim to get reimbursed. also, you may want to get your car re-fixed with a part that isn't defective.

cheers,
marc