| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005046418 | Incident Date: Jul, 11 2005 |
| Consumer's City: ALEXANDRIA | Consumer's State: VA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC |
| Model Name: COOPER | Model Year: 2005 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: WMWRE33595T | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Nov, 13 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Mar, 18 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: My 2005 mini cooper s automatic suddenly stopped twice for no apparent reason while driving. car was only 4 months old, about 4000 miles on car. i was actually in motion, and the car just stopped moving! i had to turn off the car and restart it. eml and check engine lights came on once the car stopped. the check engine light stayed on for a few days, then went off, so i assumed it was a fluke and nothing to worry about (otherwise i assume the light would stay on). the second time it happened was exactly the same scenario as the first. i have since learned that mini is calling this "limp mode", but i had never received any recall notification from mini, or anything indicating that they knew about this problem. however, the did know, based on what i have read of others who complained to them about the exact same problems!! yet mini apparently did not notify dealerships, because the first one i called had no idea what the problem was which i described, and wasn't going to take me for service until 2 weeks later. i called a second dealer who immediately knew the problem, and said it was a voluntary recall. still i had not heard anything from mini usa. i took my car in and it was fixed in an hour--they reprogrammed the dme. this is a safety issue! i still haven't heard anything from mini about a safety recall for this problem! maybe they didn't notify me because i had it taken care of already, but had this happened on the freeway, rather than in my neighborhood, i could be dead now! why isn't mini notifying owners who purchased the 2005 automatics!! why aren't they issuing a recall? are they waiting for someone to be killed? *jb |
