Three problems related to engine and engine cooling have been reported for the 2008 Mini Cooper S Clubman. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
I came home from work and parked the car in his normal parking space on the black top. I turned off the car, put the vehicle in gear with the parking brake and locked the door. A minute later, the vehicle was on fire. The fire dept report was unable to determine if there was a key left in the ignition.
Timing chain failure.
My 2008 Mini clubman s was parked at the post office, when someone came in to tell me my car was on fire. I ran outside to find smoke pouring from under the hood, and called the fire department. I ran back inside to get a fire extinguisher, and came back out to find flames coming out from under the hood, along with the smoke. I emptied the extinguisher, but the flames kept coming. By the time the fire department arrived, only five minutes later, the flames were 12 feet high, and the car was totaled. I have found reports of at least 30 other similar incidents of Minis spontaneously combusting, but the manufacturer has, as far as I know, done nothing to correct the problem.
| Engine And Engine Cooling problems | |
| Timing Tensioner problems |