Hello!

I own an 03 cooper and have had no problems till today. The AC was not working and since it is a 300 mile drive to the dealer, I took it to a local BMW shop, not a dealer.

They told me a seal is bad in the compresser, and Mini only sells new compresser's not seals. New one is $800.

The warranty was up on the 28th of April, this year. I belive this is a bit soon for the AC to be going out. I have talked with the dealers closest to me, Seattle and Portland, and so far, there seems to be nothing they can do as I purchased it from Classic Mini. Classic said if I can get it to them, they will take care of it, but that is way to far, and costley to do. I will say that the service person in Portland is looking into what they could do and will call me back.

Give me your thoughts and comments.

Exposed

 

If the a/c was not run at all during the winter, it is not unheard of for this to happen.

 

In the past WEEK my AC compressor, condensor, heat exchanger, main battery cable and radio ALL broke at the same time. The cost: $3,500 in repairs, and Winston has less than 100k miles on him.

Sorry, but after I get the car back it's going.

Goodbye MINI world! - it's been great being a part of this motoring adventure, but I need a car that's not going to ask me to pay more in a week on repairs than I do for a full year of ownership!

Cheers - and motor on!

 

my A/C crapped out last year. the compressor was running but there was
a parasitic leak on the condenser and blew hot air. i had to take it in a
few times for them to find it as the leak was so slow (takes 2months to
leak completely out). repaired under warranty so was free.

 

Where is the AC resevoir located? I need to recharge it, to see if its leaking.