While driving for about 30 minutes on the highway, my mini cooper shut off completely, i was able to pull onto the shoulder and that is when smoke started coming from the engine, within 6 minutes my whole engine was engulfed in flames, car totaled. insurence inspectors couldn't figure out a cause. one of the fire fighters said it looks like it started near the water pump. there are recalls on other models for this problem, but not mine. my mini hasn't been worked on since last year when i got new tires, i also keep up with every oil change. *tr
Vehicle was in motion on a highway and, after going over several pot holes, the engine temperature warning light came on. the engine power was reduced, and the engine failure light also appeared. this is when i pulled over into the off ramp, and the vehicle came to a sputtering stop. i placed the car in neutral and pushed it to the dirt side lane of the off ramp. i opened the hood, smelled something burning, and saw smoke coming from the engine. i could see burnt circuits, burnt plastic, and coolant leaking all over the engine and exposed wiring. had it not been for immediately exiting onto the off ramp, the vehicle would have stopped in the middle of the highway without warning. i could have almost died because of the fire; this faulty engineering by bmw/mini has already taken the life of a driver in south korea. bmw issued a recall of the 2012 mini cooper s roadster, but when i had the car towed to one of their service centers, the technicians were unaware of this manufacturing defect and stated that the repair parts are unavailable. i see that my vehicle has been recalled, but when i type in my vin, no recall is attached to my vehicle. bmw/mini is taking no action; they are harming and killing drivers of its vehicles.
Vehicle was in motion on a highway and, after going over several pot holes, the engine temperature warning light came on. the engine power was reduced, and the engine failure light also appeared. this is when i pulled over into the off ramp, and the vehicle came to a sputtering stop. i placed the car in neutral and pushed it to the dirt side lane of the off ramp. i opened the hood, smelled something burning, and saw smoke coming from the engine. i could see burnt circuits, burnt plastic, and coolant leaking all over the engine and exposed wiring. had it not been for immediately exiting onto the off ramp, the vehicle would have stopped in the middle of the highway without warning. i could have almost died because of the fire; this faulty engineering by bmw/mini has already taken the life of a driver in south korea. bmw issued a recall of the 2012 mini cooper s roadster in south korea, but when i had the car towed to one of their service centers, the technicians were unaware of this manufacturing defect and stated that the repair parts are unavailable. i see that my vehicle has been recalled, but when i type in my vin, no recall is attached to my vehicle. bmw/mini is taking no action; they are harming and killing drivers of its vehicles.
Vehicle was in motion on a highway and after going over several pot holes the engine temperature warning light came on. the engine power was reduced and an engine failure light also appeared. this is when i pulled over into the off ramp and the vehicle came to a sputtering stop. i placed the car in neutral and pushed it to the dirt side lane of the off ramp. i opened the hood, smelled something burning, and saw smoke coming from the engine. i could see burnt circuits, burnt plastic, and coolant leaking all over the engine and exposed wiring. had it not been for immediately exiting onto the off-ramp, the vehicle would have stopped in the middle of the highway without warning.
Both front wheel bearings failing at 23,000 miles... ridiculous.