# Service bulletin M660217

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: 10146777
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-11\-05
- Manufacturer's number: M660217
- Manufacturer's date: 2017\-09\-01
- NHTSA component: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH

## NHTSA's summary

\(SMART OPENER\) CONTACTLESS TAILGATE NOT ABLE TO BE DEACTIVATED. Customer desires to have contactless tailgate opening and closing \(Smart Opener\) deactivated. Function not included in software released.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10146777-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10146777-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Latches and locks

## Vehicles listed

- 2017 MINI CLUBMAN
- 2017 to 2018 MINI COOPER
- 2016 MINI COOPER CONVERTIBLE
- 2016 to 2017 MINI COOPER S

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [M510120](/bulletins/10174369.md), 2020-04-27, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. FRONT DOORS DO NOT LATCH IN COLD WEATHER: At ambient temperatures below freezing one or both front doors may not open when attempting to enter. In some cases after opening they may not correctly latch. A missing seal on the inner Bowden release cable may allow water to enter the cable sheathing and freeze.
- [M510218](/bulletins/10153719.md), 2019-02-25, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. SPLIT REAR DOOR ONLY OPENS ON ONE SIDE. When the key button is pressed to open the rear split doors.
- [M511516](/bulletins/10146804.md), 2018-11-05, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH. "TAILGATE NOT LOCKING PROPERLY. Tailgate only locks on one side, most often on the left side, CC message ""Tailgate open"" \- when not locked on left side. Closing force/speed too low. Striker on right or left side of tailgate not set accurately."
- [M510317](/bulletins/10146750.md), 2018-11-05, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES. LEFT SPLIT DOOR WON'T UNLATCH. Left split door \(tailgate\) is not able to be opened. When activating remote control unlock, second button push does not unlatch left split door. Contact\-less foot opening \(Comfort Access\) does not unlatch left split door with second foot motion. Left split door lock dimensions are out of tolerance.
- [M540317](/bulletins/10146666.md), 2018-11-05, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES. "CONVERTIBLE TOP WILL NOT COMPLETELY STOW. F57 \(Cooper, Cooper S, Cooper Works Convertible\) When attempting to stow the convertible top, it does not compress into a fully locked position on the left side, preventing the soft\-top bow cover from moving forward into proper operating position as shown in the attached video. Also, a warning gong sounds and a CC Message "Roof not locked" appears."

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