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Mini issues huge worldwide recall of 235,000 cars
« on: January 17, 2012, 06:14:31 pm »
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/16/mini-recall-cars-bmw?newsfeed=true

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Mini has issued a worldwide recall of 235,000 cars, including 29,868 in the UK, due to a fault with electric water pumps that could be a fire risk in some cases.

Vehicles affected include certain Cooper S and John Cooper Works models built between 2006 and 2011. BMW, Mini's parent company, said in a statement that there have been four cases of fires as a result of the problem, including one that occurred in the UK.

Owners will receive a letter in the next few weeks inviting them to have the water pump replaced at their Mini dealership in a process that is expected to take around an hour and will be free of charge. The company said that the turbocharged engine of the models affected by the fault are equipped with an additional water pump which draws residual heat out of the turbocharger after the engine has been switched off.

"Under high operating temperatures an electro-migration can occur at the circuit board installed in the additional water pump," it added.

"This can lead to a failure of the additional water pump or smoldering and even a fire cannot be excluded."


Wonder if Lucas electrics are involved somehow...
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Re: Mini issues huge worldwide recall of 235,000 cars
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2012, 05:20:03 am »
^^

Nah....Lucas stuff never ran long enough to catch on fire. ;D
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Re: Mini issues huge worldwide recall of 235,000 cars
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2012, 05:27:05 am »
Wrong.  It ran just long enough to catch on fire and then never again.   ;)
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Re: Mini issues huge worldwide recall of 235,000 cars
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2012, 06:10:58 am »
Quote from: tpl on January 18, 2012, 05:27:05 am
Wrong.  It ran just long enough to catch on fire and then never again.   ;)

Well, my Lucas stuff was completely safe....completely inert, but safe  ;D
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Re: Mini issues huge worldwide recall of 235,000 cars
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2012, 07:33:06 am »
Quote from: sailor723 on January 18, 2012, 06:10:58 am
Quote from: tpl on January 18, 2012, 05:27:05 am
Wrong.  It ran just long enough to catch on fire and then never again.   ;)

Well, my Lucas stuff was completely safe....completely inert, but safe  ;D
You do have to connect the battery for it to catch on fire.   ;D

The only Lucas fault I had was a ignition/light switch on my Bug-eye which came loose and when you turned on the lights, shorted out the switch an d blew the fuse.  That was a 1960 car so they had not yet introduced any Murphy brand electronics into cars yet.    I was fortunate.
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Re: Mini issues huge worldwide recall of 235,000 cars
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2012, 09:25:25 am »
..Wot's the BIG to do...it's ONLY a MINIrecall.... :P.....
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Re: Mini issues huge worldwide recall of 235,000 cars
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2012, 01:11:11 pm »
We got the recall letter for this today. Among other things they advise not parking indoors until the recall has been completed.

I guess that would really suck....your car catches fire and then burns your house down!  ::)  ;D
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