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March 1, 2016 Service bulletin

False Alarms of the Anti-Theft Alarm System

MINI technical service bulletin M650216 for 2014-2015, 2017 MINI Cooper, 2014-2016 MINI Cooper S and 2016 MINI Cooper Convertible and others.

Bulletin number
M650216
Component
Equipment: electrical: anti-theft devices
Summary
False Alarms of the Anti-Theft Alarm System. The alarm (DWA) siren continues to activate after locking vehicle A device is connected to the On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) port of the vehicle. This keeps the Ethernet communication line active which triggers the alarm when the vehicle tries to enter sleep mode.

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