Hi fellow mini owners,

I have a 09 mini cooper standard trans. not an s. a couple months ago i was experiencing what I thought was issues with my spark plugs. when in a low rpm-2000 or lower, my car would buck/ shake. I replaced my spark plugs, the problem went away for about a month. but now its back worse than ever, and my engine light randomly comes on and off. any ideas? thanks in advance.

 

Not much to go on. Get the code read and post it back here..

 

I got the code its p0301 cyl 1 misfire.

 

Probably a bad coil. Swap cyl 1 coil with cyl 2 and see if the code changes..

 

Ok I will, thank you so much

 

Yes, if you swap the coil from cylinder one and the misfire changes to the cylinder you swapped it to, that could be a good indication that new coils are in order. If not, more info here if that does not resolve your issue: http://www.obd-codes.com/p0301. Let us know what you find out! Welcome to NAM too!

Coils here if needed: http://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/..._pg1.htm#item4