Four problems related to car stall have been reported for the 2009 Mini Cooper S. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Daily on cold starts, the car misfires and stalls 2-20 times before it starts. This has just started happening in the past 3 months.
The contact owns a 2009 Mini Cooper S. While driving at 45 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 113,000.
2009 Mini Cooper S - I, like so many other Mini cooper owners, have just fallen victim to the "death rattle" of the [known by BMW] defective/faulty and non-recalled timing chain issue. It's absurd that we continue to expose this far too common defect of a product that was originally deemed as a "non-service" item good for the operating life of the engine. Most owners experience problems within the first 50,000 miles. I purchased this well maintained (at a local Mini dealer) Mini from a private party just days after they performed an expensive 'walnut treatment' to clear out excessive carbon build up. Within 100mi of this service, the 'death rattle' starts. I am now being told that it will run just over $2400 (I've uncovered about $400 in total parts) to correct an issue BMW has been hiding behind for years; they've even issued a warning to service advisors to not re-install the defective parts, but deny the part to actually be defective or in need of recall. When will anyone stand up for the little guy, the consumer, and demand this well known, often occurring, extremely expensive and potentially dangerous defect be corrected at the cost of the manufacturer? I now have an $11,500 paper weight.
Took vehicle in for installation of the heat shield for turbo feed line. This is a recall and newly installed part to protect the turbo feed line due to overheating. Once it was installed I was informed that the turbo line is failing and the dealer wants to charge me $1500 to repair the leaking line. The failure of the line is obviously due to excessive heat around this line. . . The same reason they are installing a heat shield. This is ridiculous and the item should be recalled and replaced!.