I made it clear on the phone when I called in. I'm dropping off tomorrow and technically they are working on it Friday, so it should be cold. I'll reiterate the point when I'm there.

 

Motor City MINI fixed my High Pressure Fuel Pump under warranty.....happy it was free. Car back, hopefully it starts up fine from here

 

My HPFP has been replaced twice and it might be working towards a 3rd. I'll know this weekend when I visit my dealer. But, both times the failure mode was different from what has been discussed. I did not have cold starting problems or surging. What I noticed was something that felt like is misfire. Occasionally you could feel it, but you could always hear it. It went from a maybe once a month thing to hearing it a couple of times in a 15-20 minute trip.


My dealer tested the fuel system and found that while the pump would hold pressure when running, as soon as it was shut down, the pressure would rapidly drop by a significant amount. Evidently it is supposed to hold pressure for a time and gradually drop off. That was the first time, but I don't remember specifically what they found the 2nd time.

 

I just had my second high pressure fuel pump replacement yesterday. At least it was covered under my warranty.

 

I'm still on my first HPFP at 62,000 miles.

I don't run my tank past four bars or 1/4 a tank. You do not want to run it below that!

 

And it says that where?

 

Says what where?

 

"I don't run my tank past four bars or 1/4 a tank. You do not want to run it below that!"

 

I thought I was going to have to have mine replaced again (on my 2012 cooper s) but it was a bad set of spark plugs.

 

I read that they will cover it up to 100k but once the original one is replaced is it still only covered to 100k?

 

Did you ever find out? I'm not sure if mine has ever been replaced. Bought car used and don't have the service records because Mini San Antonio refused to print them for me. I don't want to pay anything to the dealership because I have third party warranty that will cover it minus deductible at another shop.

 

I don't have my '07 anymore, so I can't check the letter I kept in the glovebox, but as I recall, the warranty was increased to 120,000 miles or 10 years. Either way, the warranty on MINI parts was 2 years, at least on dealer-installed stuff, so if you're having a problem I would check on that.

 

OK, I'm just curious which warranty takes precedence. My mini is 2007, 99k miles. It hasn't been replaced while I've had it, but I only got it 3 years ago. I would hope it would be covered until 10 years or 120k. I'll find out Monday.

 

Unless something changed, it should be 10 years, 120k. The warranty is transferable, according to the letter I got, which is why I left it in the car. I know I would have taken it out if it had been "first owner" or a shorter period, but again, it's been over a year since I sold so something might have changed.

 

My 2009 JCW has this problem. The dealer and MiniUSA both said it was Not covered. VIN out of the range of cars covered. I asked nicely, and wined just a bit and the service tesk person talked to the service manager who in turn taked to MiniUSA. They cm back and offered 50%. I took it but not sure if I should keep fighting. Any thoughts?

 

M:

There is a registry for 2009 fJCW's at:

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ry-v2-0-a.html

 

2011 N18 MCS with 73k on the clock here. i just had my hpfp replaced for a second time under warranty. i wasn't sure what to expect when i dropped it off at the dealer. i let the service advisor know that it appears to be an issue with the hpfp again. he said if it is the hpfp, then i'm covered under warranty until 120k miles. if not, i'd have to pay $160 for the diagnosis. long story short, dropped off car at 12:20pm. car had hpfp replaced and was ready for pickup by 5pm. fwiw, the original hpfp was replaced around 42k miles. i guess the newer parts haven't fixed the issue.

 

Actually Mini did change the design in 2013 to a Bosch brand HPFP, but it will only fit certain 2013 models since the cam design on N18's is different. Stupid they didn't make it backwards compatible, Mini enjoys the rate the old HPFPs are flying of the shelves to recoup all the the money they lost with the old design.

 

well then, fingers crossed that the hpfp will fail one more time before the 120k mark. it must be a regular fix at that dealership b/c my service advisor straight up told me it was covered until 120k (which i wasn't aware of until recently), and it was fixed in about 3-4 hours time on a friday afternoon. the mechanics must be pros at replacing these hpfps by now!

 

It looks like the HPFP went out on my 2013 MCS at 70k miles. Will the dealer replace this even though the car is out of warranty? Is the part still covered under warranty till 120K miles/10 years?

 

for me it was - 2011 MCS with ~70k. my dealer replaced it, no questions asked. service advisor told me I was covered until 120k on the hpfp.

 

Thank you! gonna call me dealer first thing tomorrow morning.

 

Just got off the phone with Mini of Camarillo. The hpfp is covered and they are gonna fix it

UPDATE: Just dropped off the car, should be done by 4 pm.

 

ha, great news! glad that worked out for you (and me). funny thing is, i don't even drive the car anymore. i left it for my mother-in-law to use after i moved to the bay area. they brought it to their mechanic initially, and he suspected that it'd be the hpfp, but wasn't 100% sure, so he didn't touch it. on my last visit to socal, i dropped the car off at crevier with the service advisor i've always used, and they took care of it. i'm glad we didn't pay some $1500 for someone to replace that thing!

 

Actually, I got a call yesterday afternoon, they still couldn't isolate the HPFP, so I had to leave the car overnight. This morning I got a call from the service department, might also have a bad turbo. The dealer is in talks with Mini USA, so I'm hoping they cover all the repairs.