# Service bulletin M511216

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: 10146871
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-11\-05
- Manufacturer's number: M511216
- Manufacturer's date: 2016\-09\-01
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE

## NHTSA's summary

SERVICE ACTION: RUBBER STRIP ON REAR SIDE WINDOW TRIM IS CRACKED. The rubber strip on the rear side window trim may crack. In some cases a gap may be evident on the rubber trim strip. Results are cosmetic\- no water leakage or sound intrusion. Combination of unfavorable materials.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10146871-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10146871-0001.pdf)

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## Components

Body and frame

## Vehicles listed

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

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [M640116](/bulletins/10249431.md), 2024-02-01, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE. Customer complains of a musty odor or damp front footwell carpet.
- [M511616](/bulletins/10245428.md), 2023-12-06, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE. Cavity protection applied to underside of the hood is leaking out onto the wheel arch trim and grille.
- [SIM610321](/bulletins/10214271.md), 2022-06-21, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. The Check Control message "Door open" appears in the instrument cluster \(Kombi\) even though all vehicle doors are securely closed and locked.
- [M410221](/bulletins/10200492.md), 2021-08-23, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. SERVICE ACTION 0041080200: MINI F54 RIGHT FRONT DOOR: Due to a fault in the press shop, there may be a crack in the inner door panel of the front right door in the area of the window frame.
- [M640220](/bulletins/10182629.md), 2020-11-16, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER; STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS. CONDENSATION FROM AIR CONDITIONING LEAKS INTO PASSENGER FOOTWELL: Condensation from the air conditioning systems evaporator drips, below the instrument panel, into the passenger's footwell. During assembly, the cover of the fresh air intake was not fully seated when the screws were tightened. This cover can then leak condensation out through the existing gap.
- [M340120](/bulletins/10181236.md), 2020-10-19, Service bulletin: ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL:AUTOMATIC \(ASC\); STRUCTURE. SERVICE ACTION \- PROGRAM THE BODY DOMAIN CONTROL \(BDC\) UNIT: Aftermarket scan tools cannot read fault codes in the Dynamic Stability Control \(DSC\) unit via the On Board Diagnostic \(OBD\) socket. The DSC data is not processed correctly in the BDC and therefore cannot transmit any diagnostic requests via the OBD using aftermarket scan tools.
- [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.
- [M510319](/bulletins/10166396.md), 2019-10-21, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS. RATTLE FROM FRONT DOOR: A rattle noise is present from the door while driving most commonly when driving over rough roads.
- [M540317](/bulletins/10161585.md), 2019-06-24, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EQUIPMENT. Service Information May 2019 Special Roofs M54 03 17 Technical Service CONVERTIBLE TOP WILL NOT COMPLETELY STOW This Service Information bulletin replaces SI B54 03 17 dated February 2019.
- [M511616](/bulletins/10161584.md), 2019-06-24, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. CAVITY PROTECTION WAX LEAKING OUT OF HOOD. Cavity protection applied to underside of hood is leaking out onto wheel arch trim and grille.

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