| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003213918 | Incident Date: May, 01 2003 |
| Consumer's City: CHAPEL HILL | Consumer's State: NC |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC |
| Model Name: COOPER | Model Year: 2002 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Visibility:windshield |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: May, 14 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jun, 30 2002 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: The windshield of my 2002 mini cooper s cracked while sitting in a parking lot. it was fine in the morning but there was an 8" crack when i hopped in for the drive home. i'm guessing the heat (90 degrees f, windows up, sun reflector on dash) caused a contaminant within the window to cause stress, which in turn became a crack. judging from the mini cooper message boards on the internet, there are hundreds of windshields cracking for no apparent reason, and mini usa has issued a bulletin to it's dealers to warn them of defective factory windshield installations. [tis message number: si m51 02 03 subject: windshield stress crack survey situation: the production process for installation of the windshield was improved in april 2002, and these improvements resulted in a significant reduction in the number of stress cracked windshields.] *jb |
