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Old Jul 27, 2021 | 07:34 AM
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Anyone with a F60 / Run-Flat Tires?

Where's your wheel lock?

We bought a 2017 Countryman S with run-flat tires and there's no wheel lock anywhere to be found. Not in the glove compartment, and nowhere in the boot. Dealer doesn't know where it is.

I'm starting to wonder if MINI doesn't supply the key to force you to go the dealer for tire service?
 
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Old Jul 27, 2021 | 09:08 AM
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My guess is that it's in the previous owner's garage...
 
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Old Jul 27, 2021 | 12:48 PM
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wheel locks are not much good in reality ... if a professional thief wants your wheels these won't even slow him down .....

there are dozens of youtube videos showing how to remover them without the key - intended to help folks panicking because they lost the key .....

all you need is a cheap socket and a good sized hammer . . .


p.s. Wheel locks are not standard equipment .... often "dealer installed"
 
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Old Feb 4, 2022 | 11:30 PM
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Hello there, I purchased an almost new F60 PHEV from a super small seller in June this year . We were trying different things with a cross breed for first time. The vehicle was/is great and in many regards outperforms our assumptions. Anyway two or three weeks subsequent to purchasing my better half was driving on a motorway close to Dublin and was waved to by one more driver for level back tire. She was near a help station and drove the 500 meters to it. She was unable to view as an extra and at last worked out with help from administration station that all there was in vehicle was some kind of inflator. The tire was destroyed so that was very little use. Called Mini help who conveyed tow truck . Staggeringly she referenced it was 4 wheel drive. That implied they needed to convey one more truck to lift every one of the 4 wheels. At the point when he came he said better to get versatile tire administration. They fitted a make of tire unique in relation to other 3! From the time she crashed into administration station to leaving required 5 and half hours. For a punctured tire!.

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