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Old 03-29-2017, 11:33 AM
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Electrical problems 2011 mini cooper s

Hi everyone, my mini just took a dump on me it cranks but wont start and lights on the dash indicate power steering cruise control brakes and dtc failures tried different batteries but no luck any ideas, only weird thing i found were ants in the fure box car is completely stock . Any clues?
 
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Old 03-29-2017, 12:37 PM
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what led to the issue? where're you located?
 
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Old 03-29-2017, 01:44 PM
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Hi im from puerto rico, i found the issue it seems i had an ant inside the fuse box
 
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Old 03-29-2017, 06:08 PM
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How old is the battery? Have seen where a marginal battery will crank the starter, but cause all kinds of electrical problems..
 
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Old 03-29-2017, 07:20 PM
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what led to the issue? where're you located?
Not to sure honestly car was acting fine the day before, went to start it in the morning and it all started going wrong. I'm in South Texas.
 
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Old 03-31-2017, 05:57 AM
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Not to sure honestly car was acting fine the day before, went to start it in the morning and it all started going wrong. I'm in South Texas.
what issues are you having? what CEL codes do you have?
 
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Old 03-31-2017, 08:34 PM
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Ummm guys i found the issue... there was literally an ant inside a relay got rid of it and everything is fine 😂
 


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