Replaced the water pump 1.5 months and 1500 miles ago. It failed again, and car is in dealer for repair.

Does water pump fails that frequently on these cars?

 

The first pump was either defective or misdiagnosed (something else causing the failure). The second pump was probably a screwed-up installation or affected by whatever was missed the first time. You would have to be very unlucky to get two defective water pumps where defects typically fall in the 30-200 defective parts-per-million range. It could happen, but I'd guess there are other factors.

It's only anecdotal, but my waterpump is the original and has 76,000 miles on it.

 

20,000 here and no issues...

 

64K on my cooper and the pump was replaced yesterday by the dealer. No warranty on my cooper and the bill was $713.00!!

 

Wow.. that's expensive. Luckily both times it got replaced under warranty.

 

We have replaced them and it is a huge pain so it could have been damaged during the first install. We see them leak hear and there, but not a huge problem part otherwise.

 

Is the water pump electric?