Consumer Complaint Detail

MINI / COOPER US / 2007

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007121332 Incident Date: May, 08 2007
Consumer's City: VIRGINIA BEACH Consumer's State: VA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC
Model Name: COOPER US Model Year: 2007
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline:turbo/supercharger
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: WMWMF73567T Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 29 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 08 2007
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Extreme hood temperature due to turbo in excess of 225 degrees f due to extreme temperatures burns to body parts up to 2nd degree can occur if hood of car is touched. damage to plastic hoodscoop on car...basically it is melting and deforming i replaced the hood scoope and refrain from touching the hood for about an hour after the car is shut off. this is a problem if i am going to have work done on the car. *jb