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Service bulletin SIM-61-01-10

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10041278
Published by NHTSA2011-09-27
Manufacturer's numberSIM-61-01-10
Manufacturer's date2010-08-01
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM

NHTSA's summary

BMW: THE VEHICLE HAS LOST POWER AND CAN'T BE RESTARTED. VARIOUS TROUBLE CODES ARE STORED. A FUSE HAS BLOWN DISABLING THE INJECTOR SYSTEM. *RM

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Suspension, Control arm

Vehicles listed
MINI COOPER S2009, 2010 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
MINI COOPER S CLUBMAN2009 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
MINI COOPER S CLUBMAN2011
MINI COOPER S CONVERTIBLE2009, 2010 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
SIM-31-02-142015-06-10. Service bulletin. MINI: BETWEEN SPEEDS OF 5MPH AND 30MPH, ON ROUGH ROAD SURFACES AND HIGH TEMPERATURES, A NOISE, LIKE SQUEAKING, IS HEARD FROM FRONT AXLE, DUE TO FRONT AXLE CONTROL ARM HYDRAULIC BEARING. MODEL F55, F56. *PE