On october 7th, 2014 the key would not come out of the key slot. the key is not required to be inserted to start the car but simply with you. however, my daughter had borrowed the car and inserted the key so i have no way of knowing if this failure occurred on the date mentioned or earlier. it was in for service on august 25th, 2014 so sometime between the two dates the failure occurred. i took it to our local dealer, mini of des moines, and they also could not remove the key. they noticed that without the ...
After a battery failure (loss of charge or battery replacement) critical safety features are disabled until the car is returned to a dealer to "program the new battery". the safety features that are disabled include: 1) turn signals, 2) 4 way flashers, 3) front windows lowering, 3) control of the headlights (no control of dims and bright lights), and 4) dash lights (can't see the speedometer). while a simple warning light in this situation would work, the manufacturer chose to disable critical safety functions of the car. in my case, its a 1 1/2 drive in an unsafe ...
Enghine light has been coming on since purchase in 2015 and we have already invested severl $ trying to get to the heart of the problem. it always come back on power loss and rattling sound took to bmw dealer and paid for "troubleshooting" was told by bmw service tech not to drive the car as it could smoke ad die! the timing chain and guides need to be replaced. there was a recall and lawsuit for this through 2010 but my vehicle is a 2011....car could smoke out and die any moment. ...
Overall the worst problem with MINI Cooper S Countryman relates to ENGINE problems. Browse the categories below to learn about the specific Cooper S Countryman years that are prone to issues with these components.