I have a 2002 MCS currently residing at my local BMW dealer for two days so far with the following issues:

1) Noises from everywhere. The driver's seat squeaks and creaks, the sliding window rattles, and the right rear pillar rattles above 70 MPH.

2) Both the front tires are feathering on the edges with 1500 miles and the dealer said this is inherent to the MINI with no fix.

3) The first aid kit cover will not stay closed.

4) The engine jerks when driven slow in a low gear.

5) The radio will not scan for stations when the AM band is selected.

 

 

Sorry to hear your MINI is in to see the Doctor. I am sure it will come home Cured and ready tooo PLAY, Sometimes babies have growning pains - the will pass


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Sorry to hear your MINI is in to see the Doctor. I am sure it will come home Cured and ready tooo PLAY, Sometimes babies have growning pains - the will pass


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The Mini is home and quiet. The dealer told me a piece of trim above the rear wheel was causing most of the racket and they resealed it. The rest of the fixes were lost in the German to English translation. The dealer was not able to fix the inability of the AM radio to scan in stations. He said he checked another car and it has the same problem. He suggested it is because I have an American radio in Germany. My Pontiac Grand Am has no problems scanning in stations and it has an American radio. Has anyone ever heard of such a thing?

 

Yes, some radios are set to scan on even frequency hops, like 5 or 10 KHz. Some radios will lock on ANY frequency they find a station. I don't know about Europe AM stations, but in the US all the AM stations are evenly distributed. Something to look into anyway.... Hope this helps.

 

>>Yes, some radios are set to scan on even frequency hops, like 5 or 10 KHz. Some radios will lock on ANY frequency they find a station. I don't know about Europe AM stations, but in the US all the AM stations are evenly distributed. Something to look into anyway.... Hope this helps.
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I can confirm that US and European radios scan in different "hops". I took a Walkman to Europe and found that the scan would not work because of this. With that said, I will be asking for a different radio if my Cooper arrives with this problem.

 

>>Yes, some radios are set to scan on even frequency hops, like 5 or 10 KHz. Some radios will lock on ANY frequency they find a station. I don't know about Europe AM stations, but in the US all the AM stations are evenly distributed. Something to look into anyway.... Hope this helps.

In Europe, all AM stations are at frequencies N*9 kHz (i.e. 891, 900, 909, 918 ... kHz) while in US, they are at 10 kHz intervals (890, 900, 910, 920 ... kHz). The synthesizer on all digitally tuned radios I've ever seen has a 9/10 switch (probably in software on newer radios like in the Mini, no I don't know how to get to it!) to accommodate both worlds.

BTW, FM stations in Europe may be found on any 100 kHz channel, while in US, the frequencies are 200 kHz apart, on the odd 100's (88.5, 88.7, 88.9, 89.1 ... MHz).

Tom