Gas Recirculation Valve (egr Valve) Problems of Mini Cooper

Tl- the contact owns a 2008 Mini Cooper. The contact stated that the contact's daughter inadvertently bumped into the exhaust pipe located on the rear driver's side of the vehicle. As a result, she sustained a second degree burn to the right leg which required medical treatment. The manufacturer was notified regarding the incident and the contact was informed that the VIN was not included in the NHTSA recall campaign number 12v008000(engine, engine cooling) the local dealer was not informed of the incident. The failure mileage was 129,000. Jft.

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Car shut down enroute to hospital. There was no warning (as characterized by many owners). I had the car towed to a reputable repair facility. They informed me that the timing chain tensioner had disintegrated and caused the timing chain to "slip". They ran a compression test on the 4 cylinders. Two of the cylinders have 0 compression and the other two have seriously low readings. They told me that any additional damage is indeterminate. The exact sequence of events beginning with the timing chain tensioner has been documented in great numbers. This resulted in recall for this problem up to the 2009 model year. Why wasn't this extended to the 2010 model year?.

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My vehicle experienced sudden loss of power without warning while on the interstate at full speed and was unable to be restarted. Luckily traffic was very light and I was able to guide my vehicle safely to the shoulder but the vehicle would not start. The temperature outside was around 15 degrees fahrenheit. It took over 2 hours for a two truck to arrive and my wife and I were lucky enough to have an emergency kit in the vehicle and were able to use the included space blanket to survive the freezing temperatures. Based on what happened I am certain that my vehicles timing chain had broken resulting in the loss of power and inability to start. This particular vehicle model has a known issue with this. My vehicle has had this issue before and was serviced by the dealer since it was recognized before any dangerous situations arose but this time I was not so lucky. The manufacturer is aware of this design flaw but refuses to accept any responsibility or properly fix it. My wife and I would have called emergency services but were told by the tow service that we would be helped sooner than what actually happened. I feel that this known manufacturers defect put me and my wife's lives at risk.

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There was a "technical service bulletin" issued on my BMW regarding a broken or leaking valve which could break in low temperature weather conditions. I did break down, finding myself in a smoking car, both inside and out in 6 degree weather. It has been three weeks and my car is still at the dealership. They said I have a cracked valve cover. "all" of the parts ordered are not in yet as of this past Friday. I was told that they are waiting for the last part, a dip stick. A "vor" order was placed 3 weeks ago and I can't imagine what has happened to my car here, that in addition to whatever else, the dip stick broke. They are not charging me for the repair, which they say is $2000. I find this curious. I also had to bring my car back to the dealer in Dec. Because it was stalling in addition to a few other problems, they did not charge me there either, again, curious. My car, a 2001 3 series, has 45,000 miles on it. I take good care of it and just had it checked out in November when I had an oil change. Also last year, I had over $1000 of repairs done on it. I have been renting a car for the past three weeks for $60 a day. I wonder why they did not give me a loaner and I should have to pay for a rental. I would like to have been warned, or at least been given a choice as to whether or not I would like to have this problem corrected before it happened. I was lucky that I broke down in a safe area. I wonder, how many service bulletins are out there on cars that we are not advised of and could result in putting us in an unsafe situation. At the very least I think that the dealership should have given me a loaner or should pay for my car rental. Since they are not charging me for the repair, doesn't that mean that they are responsible for the damage? should have to pay for the rental, which is not up to $1260? loss when it comes to the car I don't really understand what is happening here, but it doesn't seem right. Can you help, me and other consumers out there?.

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Caller burned very badly her leg because the tail pipe stuck out too far. Tail pipe did not have a guard over it. They were located in the middle of the vehicle in the back instead on the side of the back. Dealer said to call manufacturer, and the manufacturer was not very nice . Manufacturer said there was nothing wrong with the vehicle. Caller showed a representative the problem and he wanted her to tell them how to fix it. They told caller to leave groceries in the vehicle until it cooled off.

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