Clutch Problems of Mini Cooper

The contact owns a 2006 Mini Cooper. The contact stated while driving 50 mph and attempting to shift into fourth gear to increase speed, the vehicle would not accelerate. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who performed a diagnostic and located the failure at as the clutch. The dealer replaced the clutch assembly. The failure mileage was 28,000 and the current mileage was 34, 4000. Updated 05/24/lj.

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Total transmission failure at 57,000 miles. Warranty just ran out, quoted price to replace transmission, clutch, pressure plate and throw out bearing $7,000 Minimum. Dealer refuses to accept any responsibility.

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I have a 2002 Mini Cooper with 52k miles, the transmission has went out twice in the past 2 years the first time at 31k miles. The clutch has also went out as well as the sunroof motor, left front brake caliper, windshield wiper motor with a host of sensors, gauges etc. . . Parts are impossible to get and service on a 24k car (when new) is as much as my 70k BMW 7 series.

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I complained to Mini Cooper dealership about noise coming from underside of the on multiple occasions. They were never able to find the problem and the last time I complained they blamed it on "worn tires". At 52,000 miles I noticed a high pitch squealing from under the car when I had the clutch pressed in. When I brought it to Mini service, they said that "clutch material probably got caught in the fingers of the clutch". They said that since my warranty was up (over at 50,000 miles) and that this was a "friction material" issue, the cost of the repair ($2,200 - $2,800) would be my responsibility. Since this cost was so high and the early failure so far outside of normal expected duty time, I refused the service. Since there are many reported cases of early clutch failure and flywheel field upgrades, I contacted Mini USA and asked for my issue to be reviewed as a warranty issue. They would not agree to cover the repair, but said I would have to pay at least $700 to check out to even consider this as a warranty. They would not allow me to bring the car to an independent shop for review. Since independent shops charge about half the amount for clutch replacement, I wanted that option in case Mini refused to cover any costs. The Mini cs reference number for this issue is 2000736002924. On 12/25 (christmas day) my clutch failed completely. Since Mini is not willing to give any material support to this issue, and there are many other cases of early clutch failure reported I opened this complaint to see if NHTSA could help resolve this problem.

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Replaced the clutch twice in 10 months in my 2003 Mini Cooper. I bought it used in may, 2006. January and oct 2007 had to have the clutch replaced. The vehicle was not abused. 18,000 miles between the two repairs.

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We purchased our 2002 Mini on 10/10/06, w/55,059 miles on it. 9 days later the clutch went out, not covered by extended warranty that we purchased. We towed it back to Mini san francisco service dept who insisted that we wore out the clutch and it was our problem, wear and tear, etc. ? after 9 days! unbelievable! they offered to pay half, but we felt this was completely unfair. We then had to battle with the service dept and they eventually called Mini USA who agreed to pay the other half to replace the clutch. A few months later our Mini was due for scheduled maintenance (inspection 2, $390), which we had don on 2/6/07, with no notable problems. Then on 9/14/07, at 67,829 miles, the clutch went out again! twice in under one year! we have driven manual transmission vehicles for over 15 years and never had to replace a clutch, let alone twice in one year! of course it is not covered by warranty and the dealership is insisting that it is our fault that we burnt out the clutch, which is absurd. We would have to grind the gears every time we shift in order to burn out a brand new clutch within one year. Mini USA is taking the word of the service manager and will not help us. We are not sure if this is related to the recall (manual transmission:floor shift assembly), however, the dealership/service dept denies that such a recall exists. When searching google we found many others having the same or very similar complaints of clutches going out in unusually short periods of driving time. Each time the dealership blames the driver and denies that this is a common problem with this vehicle. Our Mini is sitting at the dealership right now as we research and try to figure out how to resolve this situation fairly. At this point, we just want to get it repaired and sell it. Although, I feel bad selling this car to anyone, since it clearly has mechanical defects.