Engine And Engine Cooling Problems of Mini Cooper Countryman

The contact owns a 2011 Mini Cooper Countryman. The contact stated that the vehicle was parked in the driveway while both the contact and his wife were in another vehicle parked in the garage. The contact noticed white smoke coming from the vehicle. The contact stated that upon opening the hood of the vehicle, the contact noticed an electrical burning smell and fire. The contact was able to extinguish the fire with a fire extinguisher. The contact then noticed that a blue plug had melted and was smoking. A police report was not filed. There was no injury sustained. Upon investigating the failure online, the contact related the failure to NHTSA campaign number: 12v008000(engine and engine cooling). The dealer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that there were no recalls on the vehicle. The vehicle remained at the residence. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was also notified of the failure, and the contact was informed that he would receive a call back. The failure mileage was 111,019.

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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.

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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.

The contact owns a 2011 Mini copper countryman. The contact stated while starting the vehicle the contact notice an abnormal sound and after the vehicle warmed up the sound stopped. The vehicle was not diagnosed. The dealer was contacted and stated that the vehicle was out of warranty. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 108,000.

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.

The contact owned a 2013 Mini Cooper Countryman. The contact stated that several minutes after the vehicle was parked, the vehicle caught on fire. The contact stated that the fire started at the front of the vehicle. The fire department was contacted and was able to extinguish the fire but not before the vehicle was destroyed. A fire report was filed, incident number: 2019-006185. The vehicle was towed to the insurance company's lot. Mini of warwick located at 1515 bald hill rd a, warwick, ri 02886, (401) 229-4373, was contacted and informed of the fire as well as the vehicle manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 67000. The vehicle was destroyed.

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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.

Engine lost all power while on the highway. Was in the middle lane of 3 and all engine power was lost while going 60mph. I was able to maneuver over to the shoulder through traffic without incident but was pretty scary. Engine warning signs were flashing and was told to shut off engine immediately or else possible engine damage would occur.

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.

The 2011 Mini Cooper Countryman has a poorly designed cup holder that punctures cups causing liquid to leak. This cup holder is not properly sealed and allows fluid (condensation) into the gearshift assembly. This causes the inability to shift gears properly. It will also cause the key to be stuck in the ignition. Mini will not take responsibility for the labor to fix the issue and will also not correct the problem from reoccurring. I believe this is a safety issue and needs to be investigated as well as a very expensive fix for the consumer. When I called Mini USA they informed me there was language in the manual that provided a warning about what cups were appropriate but I found no such language. There was barely a reference to the cup holders. They may have updated their manual since I purchased my car but mine did not have any reference to such a problem.

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.

I was driving about 25mph when I saw smoke coming from under the hood. I pulled over and popped the hood and found flames in the engine bay. I didn't have an extinguisher in the car and there wasn't a hose in sight, so it burned for a few mins before a bystander stopped and gave me an extinguisher. The fire department came shortly after and doused the still smoldering engine compartment with water. There were no warning lights on in the dashboard before, during or after this fire. My countryman, built in April 2011 and purchased in may, has about 5700 miles on it and has otherwise had no problems. My research online indicates that other Mini models (cooper s, clubman) have had similar problems, and that the NHTSA is investigating some of these. Please consider adding the countryman to your investigation of Mini spontaneous engine fires.

My car is the Mini countryman all 4 year 2011. As I was driving on tonnele Ave heading towards rt 3 w, the car was on 3rd gear and I shifted to 4th. I felt that the car would not accelerate, and lose power. I had to move to the shoulder, while the car was still "rolling". When I got to the shoulder the car just completely died. The yellow indicator light was on, I looked up from the user's manual, it says, " full engine power is no longer available, you can continue your journey, but moderate your speed and exercise due caution. Have engine checked ASAP. " I then tried to restart the car, it cranked but wouldn't start. I called roadside assistance and tow truck came to tow the car after hour and a half. The next day, service department called and explained to me that there is a sensor malfunction caused the car to lose power. I immediately searched online to see if there is any recalls and or any similar complaints, I found a few other complaints with the same indicator light went off. All these owners have their cars for as little as a month to a couple of months.