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Service bulletin SIM-17-08-12

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 id10046920
Published by NHTSA2012-11-02
Manufacturer's numberSIM-17-08-12
Manufacturer's date2013-01-01
ReplacesSIM-17-08-12
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; ENGINE

NHTSA's summary

MINI: INTERNAL BRIDGING OF CONTACTS BY INTERNAL CORROSION FORMING ON ENGINE COOLANT TEMPERATURE SENSOR, COULD GIVE INACCURATE ENGINE TEMPERATURE READING LEADING TO DIFFICULTY IN STARTING AND/OR SERVICE ENGINE SOON BEING ILLUMINATED. MODELS 2010-2012 R55, R56, R57, R58. *PE UPDATED ON 4/19/2013. *KB

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

Engine, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission

Vehicles listed
MINI COOPER2010
MINI COOPER2011 to 2012
MINI COOPER CLUBMAN2010 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
MINI COOPER CLUBMAN2011
MINI COOPER COUPE2012
MINI COOPER S2010 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
MINI COOPER S2011 to 2012
MINI COOPER S CLUBMAN2010 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
MINI COOPER S CLUBMAN2011
MINI COOPER S CONVERTIBLE2010 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
MINI COOPER S CONVERTIBLE2011

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

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SI M24 01 082011-06-03. Service bulletin. BMW: WARNING LIGHT IS ON AND THE SELECTOR LEVER COULD NOT BE MOVED OUT OF PARK WHICH WAS LIKELY CAUSED BY FLUID BEING SPILLED ON THE SHIFTER. *RM