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Service bulletin SIM-33-02-12

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 id10051917
Published by NHTSA2013-04-19
Manufacturer's numberSIM-33-02-12
Manufacturer's date2013-01-01
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY:U-BOLT, LEAF SPRING TO AXLE; SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY; SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:SPINDLE

NHTSA's summary

MINI: POPPING AND CRACKING NOISES COMING FROM THE REAR AXLE. 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

Suspension

Vehicles listed
MINI COOPER COUNTRYMAN2011 to 2012

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