# Service bulletin M120318

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: 10136002
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-05\-07
- Manufacturer's number: M120318
- Manufacturer's date: 2018\-03\-01
- NHTSA component: BACK OVER PREVENTION; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

## NHTSA's summary

BUZZING NOISE FROM VALVETRONIC MOTOR BEFORE OR AFTER ENGINE OPERATION: Buzzing noise may be heard from the Valvetronic motor when the vehicle is unlocked, before the engine is started, or after engine is turned off.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10136002-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10136002-0001.pdf)

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## Components

Driver assistance, Engine, Backup camera

## Vehicles listed

- 2014 to 2015 MINI COOPER
- 2017 to 2018 MINI COOPER
- 2016 MINI COOPER CONVERTIBLE
- 2014 to 2017 MINI COOPER S
- 2015 to 2016 MINI JOHN COOPER WORKS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [M120418](/bulletins/10136003.md), 2018-05-07, Service bulletin: BACK OVER PREVENTION; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. NOISE COMING FROM OIL FILTER AREA AFTER A COLD START: repeating fizzing noise may be heard from the engine oil filter area after a cold start.

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