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Service bulletin SIM-31-03-12

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 id10051915
Published by NHTSA2013-04-19
Manufacturer's numberSIM-31-03-12
Manufacturer's date2013-01-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

NHTSA's summary

MINI: POPPING OR CRACKING NOISE IS HEARD COMING FROM THE FROT AXLE DURING TAKE OFF OR DURING LOAD REVERSAL. MODEL R60. *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

Transmission and driveline, Axle

Vehicles listed
MINI COOPER COUNTRYMAN2011 to 2013

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