2012 MINI Cooper Countryman: check engine light

Filed May 15, 2021 · Engine · 10 miles · CO

After driving few miles (10) up hill out the dealer my check engine light turn on. It’s not blinking buy seems like it’s half away on the signed on the car.

Filed Jul 8, 2019 · Engine · 104,000 miles · DC

The water pump in the car failed without warning or check engine light coming on, causing immediate overheating and the head gasket on the engine to blow. Mini refused to fix the car, as they said it was out of warranty, despite the faulty water pump being the cause of the overheating.

Filed Apr 27, 2019 · Engine · TX

The core plug failed allowing coolant into the crank case. The mini automotive repair facility speculated that the vehilce must have become overheated to the point of damaging the cylinder head. At first is was thought that a replacement cylinder head would cost $9k. Upon further inspection, it was determined that the crank case was to badly compromised for adequate repair and the entire engine needed to be replaced at a cost that exceeded the market value of the vehicle. Since it was not economically feasible to repair the vehicle, I was force to purchase an alternate mode of transportation. Being that the vehicle could no longer be driven with out a costly repair, I chose to donate it for charity. My complaint is that if the vehicle overheated, I was not aware of it as the driver information gave no alert. This vehicle was not equiped with a temperature which may which should have indicated the engine temperature was outside of normal operating parameters. However, the check engine light came on which I promptly took to have it serviced. The code which initially presented and prompted me to visit the dealership repair facility to begin with. The vehicle gave no temperature warnings through the driver information display and the the performance of the vehicle did not change; I drove the vehicle to the dealership the next day with no problem. My concern is, there are numerous accounts that can be found online of drivers that gave an account simiular to my experience - failurre of the core plug with no notification through the instrument panel. And, in many cases, they were also told by the maker's repair shop that the engine overheated but could not explain why the driver was not alerted. While I did not pay for actual repairs, I would not have needed to buy replacement vehicle. I also had the vehicle serviced in accordance with the maintence schedule.

Filed Apr 4, 2018 · Electrical, Engine · MD

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

Filed Feb 5, 2015 · Engine, Fuel system · 42,581 miles · WA

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.