Hey, I am new on here, I have an 05 John Cooper Works. After I installed a 16% pulley (which is only slightly smaller than the JCW stock pulley), I enthusiastically took the car to a track day down in South FLorida. The car did not like that so much. On the way back home, it gave me the EML light and the car was idling irratically. The EML would then proceed to turn on and sometimes turn off. Today the SES came on and the car went into limp mode. I checked the codes and it gave me:

P0507- Idle Control Malfunction. RPM's higher than expected/
P1498- No idea
P1689- No idea.

I would take it to the dealer (car has 11,000) miles, but I am scared of the "you modified the car" no longer warranty approach although you can't even see the pulley.

Suggestions? Help? Directions?

 

Hi:

It sounds like you may or not have only put on the pulley? Meaning that it looks pretty stock, other than the Works package? When I first bought mine and wanted to here the service people about how they were going to be about situations if you want to build a brand. They better be easy on customers.

I have a stock MCS '05 and I had to flat trucked mine for 40 miles to the dealer as it might go into "China Syndrodome" if I drove it. My EML, ASC/DCS and SES could barely move out of the garage, until about 1-2 minutes and then it warmed up.

After the 6 hours at the dealer they said "No problems". Mine did set 2 fault codes: 1682 (Test Module?) "No repairs necessary". FE24 Pressure Sensor. "Necessary to replace if it returns". Great.... I will hold my breath.

AND, also, after the cold start stumble problem I ask them AGAIN when there are "No problems" like "Your cold start problem/stumble" they say that "No problems too". I hope that you can find your vehicle fixed easier then you might be concerned.

After the dealer has blowing me off I am very, very frusrated customer on my $$$ investment.

Now, I need to talk to the US EPA Lab, Ann Arbor, MI. Who the hell certified MINI's that are DANGEROUS in traffic? The Attorney General(s) of states that same reason.

Good Luck!

 

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anyone else know what these codes are?

or anyone else with a pulley gone to a dealer to get warranty work done?

 

The fault 1689 - is related to the Supercharger Bypass valve. Sounds like the bypass valve is sticking, or possible a bad intercooler reinstallation?

 

Sorry -- double post---- Out here in IL they arent too strict about the pulley unless you blow the motor!!!!

 

thanks for the input. I don't think it's an intercooler problem because I never took the intercooler off to put on the pulley. All I did was raise the engine...

 

BUMP...