# 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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10046920
- Published by NHTSA: 2012\-11\-02
- Manufacturer's number: SIM\-17\-08\-12
- Manufacturer's date: 2013\-01\-01
- Replaces: SIM\-17\-08\-12
- NHTSA component: POWER 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

- 2010 MINI COOPER
- 2011 to 2012 MINI COOPER
- 2010 MINI COOPER CLUBMAN
- 2011 MINI COOPER CLUBMAN
- 2012 MINI COOPER COUPE
- 2010 MINI COOPER S
- 2011 to 2012 MINI COOPER S
- 2010 MINI COOPER S CLUBMAN
- 2011 MINI COOPER S CLUBMAN
- 2010 MINI COOPER S CONVERTIBLE
- 2011 MINI COOPER S CONVERTIBLE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SI M24 01 08](/bulletins/10037699.md), 2011-06-03, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. 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

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