# Service bulletin SIM\-12\-06\-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: 10049421
- Published by NHTSA: 2013\-01\-16
- Manufacturer's number: SIM\-12\-06\-12
- Manufacturer's date: 2012\-10\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

MINI: ENGINE COOLANT TEMPERATURE SENSOR, NOW AN INDIVIDUAL COMPONENT DUE TO CHANGE IN WIRING HARNESS AND REPLACEMENT OF HARNESS HAS TWO SEPARATE TWO PIN CONNECTORS, WHERE ONE FOR COOLANT TEMPERATURE SENSOR AND OTHER COOLANT THERMOSTAT. ALL MODELS BUILT UP TO 3/2012. \*PE

## 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, Cooling system

## Vehicles listed

- 2010 MINI COOPER
- 2011 to 2012 MINI COOPER
- 2010 MINI COOPER CLUBMAN
- 2011 MINI COOPER CLUBMAN
- 2011 to 2012 MINI COOPER COUNTRYMAN
- 2012 MINI COOPER COUPE
- 2012 MINI COOPER ROADSTER
- 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
- 2011 MINI COOPER S COUNTRYMAN
- 2011 MINI COOPER S US
- 2010 to 2011 MINI JCW
- 2011 MINI JCW CLUBMAN
- 2010 to 2011 MINI JCW CONVERTIBLE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SIM\-65\-01\-13](/bulletins/10051919.md), 2013-04-19, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN. MINI: INTEGRATED COOLING FAN IS NOISY INTERMITTENTLY. THIS NOISE MAY BE MORE NOTICEABLE AFTER THE IGNITION IS TURNED OFF. MODELS R55, R56, R57, R58, R59, AND R60. \*KB
- [SIM\-17\-10\-12](/bulletins/10049422.md), 2013-01-16, Service bulletin: ENGINE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. MINI: THE ENGINE THERMOSTAT HOUSING HAD POOR SOLDER CONTACTS IN COOLANT TEMPERATURE SENSOR WHICH CAUSED A NO START, OR HARD, LONG CRANK START OF A COLD ENGINE. NO MODELS OR MODEL YEARS LISTED. \*PE
- [SIM\-17\-05\-12](/bulletins/10045302.md), 2012-08-28, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. MINI: DUE TO INTERNAL BRIDGING OF CONTACTS, INTERNAL CORROSION HAS FORM ON ENGINE COOLANT TEMPERATURE SENSORS GIVING INACCURATE OR FALSE TEMPERATURE READINGS FOR ENGINE. \*PE UPDATED 10/17/12. \*PE UPDATED 03/11/2013 \*JS
- [SIM\-17\-04\-12](/bulletins/10045301.md), 2012-08-28, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. MINI: AN INACCURATE ENGINE TEMPERATURE READING MAY BE CAUSED BY INTERNAL CORROSION FORMING ON ENGINE TEMPERATURE COOLING SENSOR. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. \*PE UPDATED 03/11/2013 \*JS
- [SIM\-17\-01\-10](/bulletins/10040741.md), 2011-09-12, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. BMW: ENGINE TOO HOT MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED WITH STORED TROUBLE CODES. THE WATER PUMP DOESNT POWER UP. \*RM
- [SIM\-17\-02\-07](/bulletins/10032985.md), 2010-06-21, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. MINI: ELECTRIC COOLING FAN RUNS AFTER ENGINE IS SHUT OFF. AFTER THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF, THE ELECTRIC COOLING FAN CONTINUES TO RUN. DUE TO THE OPERATING STRATEGY OF THE DME, THE ELECTRIC COOLING FAN MAY CONTINUE TO RUN AFTER THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF IN TWO DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. ENGINE COOLANT TEMP REACHES 108 DEGREES CELSIUS \(DUE TO HEAT SOAK\), COOLING FAN WILL ACTIVATE TIL COOLANT TEMP DROPS BELOW 105 DEGREES CELSIUS. FAN WILL RUN TO ASSIST THE AUXILIARY WATER PUMP, WHICH IS USED TO COOL TURBO CHARGER AFTER ENGINE SHUT DOWN. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. \*PE

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