Consumer Complaint Detail

MINI / COOPER S / 2003

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
Yes Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007112895 Incident Date: Jul, 22 2007
Consumer's City: DELAVAN Consumer's State: IL
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC
Model Name: COOPER S Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Unknown or other
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WMWRE33443T Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 22 2007 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Feb, 29 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Tl*the contact owns a 2003 mini cooper s. while driving 40 mph, the vehicle caught fire. the contact pulled over and doused the vehicle with a bucket of water. the dealer and the police were not notified. the vehicle is parked in his garage. the contact discovered from the nhtsa website that there are approximately eight others who have filed complaints regarding the same failure. the current and failure mileages were 58,000.