I heard a whirring sound and a light came on the dashboard. Took it to the mini cooper dealership bob smith where I had the car serviced and where it was originally purchased. The technician did not pull any codes, just took the car for a ride. He pronounced that the transmission had to be replaced as it is a sealed transmission as it is a "sealed" transmission and therefore it could not be repaired at a cost of $9000! He then took off $1500 for a cost of $7500! Googled this problem to find out that so many mini's had this problem that a class action lawsuit had been filed. Contacted miniusa who scoffed at the problem and offered no help or relief. Hoping that mini will be forced to deal with this issue and that a recall will be initiated before anyone is seriously injured.
2006 MINI Cooper transmission complaints
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2006 mini-cooper. Consumer writes in regards to transmission failure. *smd the dealer was unable to duplicate the failure, but they did state the transmission was in the process of failing. The consumer stated when he attempted to get on the freeway, the vehicle would not shift into 2nd gear. The manufacturer offered to pay 1/2 of the cost on the bill, which totaled $8,000.
2006 mini CVT transmission made a weird noises and stopped moving, just prior to this there was hesitation in acceleration and very loud noise from the transmission.
Mini cooper transmission fail. The car does not go between 20 to 50 MPH. It has no power and that can be dangers when I am getting into the highway and cars are going at a high speed. On top of it my car stalled in the middle of rush hour. Lucky I got it started and was able to make it home. Seems like everyone is having this problem the car need to be recall and get it faxed because someone can die.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mini cooper. The contact stated that the transmission would slip in and out of gear. The contact tried to accelerate and the engine rpms increased excessively, but the vehicle would not respond. The contact's mechanic originally assumed the problem was the transmission control switch but after soon discovered that the transmission control switch was not the issue. The mechanic advised having the entire transmission replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileages were 84,000. Updated 4/2/12 *cn the consumer stated he lost control of paddle shifter and the transmission would not down shift. Once the vehicle was turned off and re-started, the transmission would shift up and down in all gears, until is slipped out of gear. Updated 04/13/12
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mini cooper. The contact stated that the vehicle clutch was defective. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the clutch and fly wheel needed to be replace. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who offered to pay for half of the costs. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 47, 000 and the current mileage was unknown. The VIN was unavailable.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mini cooper. The contact stated while driving 50 MPH and attempting to shift into fourth gear to increase speed, the vehicle would not accelerate. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who performed a diagnostic and located the failure at as the clutch. The dealer replaced the clutch assembly. The failure mileage was 28,000 and the current mileage was 34, 4000. Updated 05/24/11
I purchased a rebuilt left half shaft from bestsource auto parts on line for a 2006 mini cooper s. The re-builder name on the box was feq. The outer cv joint housing exploded into pcs after about 3000 miles. I was lucky it happened driving off from a stop. If it happened on the highway the damage would have huge and the car may have gone out of control. This failure should have never happened. The thick steel housing exploded then releasing the half shaft to fly in a big arc.since I was driving off from a a stop it was a loud bang and then clanging of the half shaft smacking the wheel etc. I was lucky but someone else may not be so lucky. I was in las vegas so I took the car to desert mini and they saw it first hand, I took photo's I can send to you. Bestsource tells me feq is a quality rating "first equipment quality" and that they could not find them either. Feq has a simple one page website with no contact information. I understand metallurgy, this part was flawed. You can tell by the way the brake looks.. Desert mini kept the part and sent it back to bmw last week. We can track it down I am sure of it. I have tried to find the vendor but no luck. This is wrong. They need to know about this and they should cover my replacement expense. The expense is not as important to me as safety to others right now. The photos I have will make any of your safety engineers concerned.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 mini cooper. The contact stated that while putting the vehicle in reverse or drive, it would suddenly lunge backward or forward without warning. The failure occurred numerous times since 2009. The vehicle was inspected by orlando mini in who advised her that she needed to replace the transmission. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 13,000. Updated 03/24/11*lj the consumer stated the faulty transmission caused the vehicle to lunge forward and backward. Updated 04/04/11
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 mini cooper. The contact was driving approximately 60 MPH. The engine rpms increased from 3,000 to 5,000. The failure occurred whenever proceeding to slow down during travel between 50-70 MPH. The vehicle has not been repaired for the malfunction. The failure mileage was 62,000. The current mileage was 72,000.
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