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. *tr
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. *tr