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Service bulletin SIM-31-02-14

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 id10057571
Published by NHTSA2015-06-10
Manufacturer's numberSIM-31-02-14
Manufacturer's date2014-11-01
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM

NHTSA's summary

MINI: BETWEEN SPEEDS OF 5MPH AND 30MPH, ON ROUGH ROAD SURFACES AND HIGH TEMPERATURES, A NOISE, LIKE SQUEAKING, IS HEARD FROM FRONT AXLE, DUE TO FRONT AXLE CONTROL ARM HYDRAULIC BEARING. MODEL F55, F56. *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

Suspension, Control arm

Vehicles listed
MINI COOPER2009, 2010
MINI COOPER2011 to 2014
MINI COOPER S2009, 2010 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
MINI COOPER S2011 to 2014

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
SIM-61-01-102011-09-27. Service bulletin. BMW: THE VEHICLE HAS LOST POWER AND CAN'T BE RESTARTED. VARIOUS TROUBLE CODES ARE STORED. A FUSE HAS BLOWN DISABLING THE INJECTOR SYSTEM. *RM