general problems of the 2012 Mini Cooper Countryman

The contact owns a 2012 Mini Cooper Countryman. The contact stated that while driving at undisclosed speeds, the vehicle stalled. The fuel tank was a third of the way full. The trunk was locking and unlocking continuously while driving or while the vehicle was parked. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact stated that the failure was related to NHTSA campaign number: 23v337000 (electrical system). The contact called the local dealer, but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who determined that there was a short in the footwell module due to water intrusion. The drain was also clogged in the sunroof. The manufacturer was contacted and opened a case. The failure mileage was approximately 161,818.

When the vehicle computer detects low voltage all turn signals, lights and instrument cluster immediately fail and do not turn back on. The foot well module (fwm) or foot rest module (frm) computer becomes corrupt and deletes data from the module. This becomes a major safety hazard as a nighttime failure occurred causing several near accidents due to inability to signal to other vehicles. This is a known issue with Mini and they released an extended service bulletin knowing the factory footrest modules were manufactured incorrectly. Vehicles falling outside the initial warranty period are prone to safety risks when this occurs.

Mini coopers have faulty transmission problems, and well mine today it's transmission went out when I had my ac on, the car stalled in the middle of the highway in the middle of the road with oncoming traffic and refused to budge, like seriously this is highly dangerous on the interstate.

Our Mini cooper countymen s was being towed behind our motorhome. I. Saw smoke coming from the car I stopped and the car started to catch on fire. I got out motorhome disconnect just in time before the Mini was consumed by fire, it was a total loss. The fire investigator stated he believed the fire started in the right side of the engine compartment.

Timing chain failure which caused engine shut down. This is a known problem with other models. It was not recalled but BMW lost a class action lawsuit for the same problem in the same car, different years. They have not updated or repaired the issue. Very expensive repair.

Tl-the contact owns a 2012 Mini Cooper Countryman. The contact stated that when the vehicle was started, there was smoke coming from under the hood of the vehicle. The contact unlatched the hood and there was flames emitting from under the engine. The contact was able to extinguish the fire. The vehicle was towed to Mini of baltimore county located at 720 kenilworth dr, towson, MD 21204, (443) 798-3461, but as of this filing a diagnosis had not been performed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted or notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 76,000. The VIN was not available. Ah.

I keep having problems electric problems engine lights come on coil broke broke down won't start.

I purchased the used 2012 Mini Cooper Countryman, I drove it for 84 days, and while I was driving the car the engine suddenly went dead on the road and stopped working. I took the car to the dealer where I bought it from after two weeks they said the timing chain broke and caused it to destroy the engine, now I have to pay for the new engine. I checked on line to see if there were any problems with timing chain on these cars, Mini said they had problems in the previous model cars that made and they fixed the problem, apparently the problem still exist in the newer models.

Timing chain stretched causing timing to be off by 75mm, this resulted in damage to the eccentric shaft and timing chain. Engine engine malfunction light illuminated, upon inspection at Mini dealer determined the above condition of vehicle.

Engine light came on so I went in for a diagnostic. I live 2. 5 hours from a Mini service center. The diagnostic at autozone just listed a bunch of misfires and nothing else. That explained the harsh sounding start and sputtering. As days have gone by, car will lose power in the middle of traffic, struggle up hills, fail to maintain speed limit, and struggle to start in the morning. All these events have occurred less than a month after being serviced at seattle Mini. I'm sure I'm under warranty, but I'm not happy about having to drive 2. 5 hours if I can make it there, for something they seem to have been having complaints about.

Our 2012 Mini Cooper Countryman was parked in parking garage. Within minutes of shutting it off the engine caught on fire which spread quickly. The car was completely destroyed. Other cars next to it were affected and the floor of the parking garage was closed due to damages. This is very serious and dangerous.

On a 2012 Mini countryman s all4 with manual transmission, starting at 15500 miles on the car, began noticing odd response to the throttle when accelerating on the highway. The clutch would engage and engine increase revs (200-400 rpm) to accelerate while not depressing the clutch pedal. This worsened over the next 500 miles until the rpm difference was 2000-4000 rpm. Finally, the clutch gave completely, with smoke billowing from the hood and obvious smell of burnt plate, even though I had not engaged the pedal while traveling on the highway in high gear. After allowing the car to rest during the day, I managed to get moving for 1/4 mile before stopping at a light. Upon takeoff, the car shuddered violently, and then disengaged from 1st gear and would not re-engage. Had the vehicle towed to dealer for replacement.

My Mini was stopped at a traffic light behind a Toyota 4 runner when I was struck from the back by a careless driver in a midsize sedan who had failed to see the cars in front of her stopped at a red light. The damage done to both the car that struck mine from behind as well as the damage done to the 4 runner were Minimal by comparison. The Mini incurred irreparable damage to the front end of the car. My concern is that the airbags never deployed and the driver of the 4 runner pulled me out of the car due to fire he saw coming from under the engine of the Mini, before long the whole front end was engulfed in flames. The car was declared a total loss. Should the vehicle have caught on fire? shouldn't the airbags have deployed with the gravity of the damage?.

On 3/6/12 (vehicle mileage 4,743) my wife and kids were driving in our 2012 Mini countryman s and the engine suddenly went into limp mode with reduced power on the freeway and needed to be towed to the dealer. The engine computer was reset and the vehicle was returned to us. On 5/15/12 (vehicle mileage 9,318) the same issue occurred and the car again was towed to the dealer for the replacement of the valvtronic acutator. On 7/27/12 (vehicle mileage 13,140) the same issue happened again (engine went into limp mode with loss of power and my wife and kids were stranded on the freeway 100 miles from the dealer. The car was towed to the dealer and the vehicles computer was reset. I reported these series of incidents to Mini USA customer care as I do not believe the vehicle is safe to operate for fear of having my wife and kids stranded again and have requested a replacement vehicle or refund.