2003 MINI COOPER Complaints

VEHICLE WILL SOMETIMES STALL WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE HAS THE LATEST VERSION OF ENGINE CONTROLLER SOFTWARE THAT HAS CORRECTIONS FOR STALLING. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW WILL LOCK UP AND NOT MOVE, MOTOR AND REGULATOR REPLACED AGAIN. *AK

DYNAMIC STABILTY CONTROL, ABS AND FLAT TIRE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED INTERMITENTLY WHEN STARTING VEHICLE AND DO NOT GO AWAY UNLESS VEHICLE IS RESTARTED. DYNAMIC STABILITY CONTROL MODULE FAULT. *AK

DYNAMIC STABILTY CONTROL, FLAT TIRE AND ABS LIGHTS COME ON WHILE DRIVING. DEALER HAS REPLACED DYNAMIC STABILTY CONTROL MODULE, PART 34 51 6 765 289. ALSO FOUND LEFT FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR CRUSHED BETWEEN SUBFRAME AND CAR. REPLACED PART 34 52 6 756 384. *AK

DRIVING HOME THE CAR STALLED AND CAUGHT FIRE. *BF MINI USA EXPERTS WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE ROOT OF THE FIRE. *SC THE CONSUMER SPOKE TO 2 OTHER DIFFERENT CAR EXPERTS WHO WERE POSITIVE THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A DEFECTIVE FUEL LINE THAT CONTINUED TO PUMP FUEL ALL OVER THE ENGINE PARTS. *JB

UPON ENTERING THE VEHICLE DOORS FROZE. ONCE GETTING IN THE VEHICLE ONE CANNOT GET OUT OR ONCE OUT CANNOT GET IN. CONTACTED THE DEALER. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

AFTER THE 10,000 MILE OIL CHANGE WAS PERFORMED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT, IT IDLED ROUGH AND SOMETIMES STALLED WHEN STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALERSHIP HAS REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER, DRAINED THE FUEL AND PUT IN OTHER GRADE OF FUEL. *JB AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS, THE FUEL PUMP AND INJECTORS WERE REPLACED BUT REMAINED TO LOSE FUEL PRESSURE OVERNIGHT. *SC

RE; FIRE IN MINI COOPER. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE FIRE IMMEDIATELY BURNED THROUGH THE INSIDE OF THE NEW VEHICLE AND ENGULFED THE ENTIRE VEHICLE WITH FLAMES. EXPERTS TELL THE CONSUMER THAT THE FIRE IS A RESULT OF A DEFECTIVE FUEL LINE THAT CONTINUED TO PUMP FUEL ALL OVER THE CAR AND ENGINE PARTS. *TC

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE 20 MINUTES WITH NO PROBLEMS THE VEHICLE STALLED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND WITHIN SECONDS THERE WAS FIRE THROUGH THE FIREWALL, INTO THE CAR. I JUMPED OUT AND THE CAR IS NOW ASHES. MINI HAS INFORMED ME THAT THE CAN'T DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM, THEREFORE HEY DO NOT FEEL THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE

AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK