I sadly got a nail in my rear passenger tire last week. I am lucky enough to have access so I can repair it myself. Once I got my tire off, I had a look around and noticed something that didn't seem right.
My upper wishbone nut was missing. It's a serrated metric nut, and the bolt was loose working it's way out!
It was the #11 section, and I'm missing #12.
Luckily, I found an old metric M12X1.5 (i think) and I put it back on.
Whether or not this was a fluke, it's still a scary thing to think of.

I am going to MINI tomorrow to talk to them.


Scott.

 

My friend had that happen to his 07 MCS with about 25k miles on it also.

 

Have the torque settings on all of them checked.

 

Yeah, my car is going in on the 25th for some other work, but I will get them to tighten ALL the nuts/bolts to spec. I have had another screw come loose and creak like crap for months until they found it.

Scott.