update on mine - Took it to Mini of South Atlanta and they fixed it and claimed to have a fix to keep it from happening again - we'll see

 

03 MCS 25k driver side!!! taking it in today!

 

Did they let you in on what the secret was?

 

x2 im interested, my drivers door is broken :(

 

Started at ~51K, driver's side required manual unlocking, disappeared after a week.

Then appeared at ~52.5K for two days and disappeared again...

 

Well, so much for that. Broke again yesterday. Same door, same problem. 3 weeks - hope this doesn't keep up!

 

03, April build MC, 30k miles both doors failed, frozen handles at -30c. Got 04 door handles and new cables. Has never happened since.

Mark

 

-30 is at least an excuse, our MINI has never had to endure a temperature less than 2C, and the lock still failed. Maybe those 40C plus days didn't help.

 

03 MC, Nov build.

Drivers door first time <10K miles, second time ~25K. both times repaired by dealer, no recoccurence since last repair.

 

04 MCS, Feb 04 Build, 20k miles, drivers side...
(calling the dealership in the morning)

 

is yours still under warrenty? mines an 04, 22k miles...drivers door..

 

03 MC and my driver side just failed. I'll check again tomorrow to verify it is broken.

 

Anybody - besides me - had the same door fail more than once?

Anybody fix it themselves? if this is going to be a regular occurence then it might be useful for me to do it myself (especially after the warranty expires)!

 

i dont know but i really need to fix mine, its pissing me off, i have to unlock manually everytime, and it gets very annoying lol

 

2003 MC Passenger side

Dealer quoted me $400+ for parts and labor

 

2003 MC Passenger side 68K started working again.
We had our first rain in 150 days - being English, it likes the rain.

 

My '03 MCS passenger side is not working.
Came here looking for an answer...

 

Regulator was giving up on my door. Fixed for ~$450 at the dealer.

 

02 MC, 80K passenger door. Remote locks but will not unlock. I looked at the module and it looks like it has two solenoids. I'm assuming the unlocking solenoid has failed.

 

hmmm. Similar problem just started. The driver side door does not unlock when the handle is pulled on my '03 MCS. The other lock/unlock features are all still working (knocking on wood) -- I guess I will be removing a door panel this weekend. But on the bright side, the brake wear indicator light just came on this week also.

Maybe she just needs a little attention....

 

There was a parallel thread on here yesterday that actually mentioned how to fix it (ie where and how to hook the cable back in).

 

where, i need to find it!

 

Here it is...

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...highlight=lock

read down about 8 posts give or take and you'll find one from Joey something that explains it pretty well.

 

i PMed you again. not sure if thats the same issue im having, so i dont know if that fix is what im looking for. check your PMs tho

 

Ours is a problem with the power lock, not the cable. After the rain, it worked until yesterday, now it stopped again.

It tries, but something seems to be binding it. Also, I notice that if you try to cycle locking and unlocking the door, the BCC refuses to run the power lock on the driver's door as well.

If I believed in conspiracy theories, or evil coders, I would almost think it is a 'feature' of the BCC to anoy you into visiting the dealer.