# Service bulletin M610607

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- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10147704
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-11\-13
- Manufacturer's number: M610607
- Manufacturer's date: 2015\-03\-01
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY

## NHTSA's summary

"Discharged Battery: Energy Diagnosis Must Be Performed. MINI electrical systems and advancements in vehicle technology have resulted in an increased demand on the vehicle battery. This SI will help the dealer handle ""discharged battery"" complaints. A discharged battery can have various causes, most unrelated to the battery. A failed battery is often the symptom and not the cause. A fully serviceable battery fails when an electrical component causes the battery to discharge; the battery becomes internally damaged and must be replaced. For more information, refer to http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo\-42B.htm. For this reason, replacing the battery is not usually a permanent repair. The cause of the discharged battery must be analyzed in order to guarantee a proper repair. To repair the vehicle properly the first time in the workshop, the diagnostic test plans must be performed to completion, with all results taken into consideration. Without performing the energy diagnosis test plan, the root cause of the discharged battery cannot be identified. This increases the chances of a repeat repair. Discharged battery."

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10147704-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10147704-0001.pdf)

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

## Components

Electrical system, 12\-volt battery

## Vehicles listed

- 2013 MINI CLUBMAN
- 2007 to 2010 MINI COOPER
- 2011 to 2015 MINI COOPER
- 2008 to 2010 MINI COOPER CLUBMAN
- 2011 MINI COOPER CLUBMAN
- 2009 MINI COOPER CONVERTIBLE
- 2016 MINI COOPER CONVERTIBLE
- 2011 to 2013 MINI COOPER COUNTRYMAN
- 2012 to 2013 MINI COOPER COUPE
- 2012 to 2013 MINI COOPER ROADSTER
- 2007 to 2010 MINI COOPER S
- 2011 to 2016 MINI COOPER S
- 2008 to 2010 MINI COOPER S CLUBMAN
- 2011 to 2012 MINI COOPER S CLUBMAN
- 2009 to 2010 MINI COOPER S CONVERTIBLE
- 2011 to 2012 MINI COOPER S CONVERTIBLE
- 2011 to 2012 MINI COOPER S COUNTRYMAN
- 2009 MINI COOPER S US
- 2011 MINI COOPER S US
- 2007 MINI COOPER US
- 2009 MINI COOPER US
- 2016 MINI COUNTRYMAN
- 2012 MINI JCW
- 2012 MINI JCW CONVERTIBLE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [M650916](/bulletins/10146930.md), 2018-11-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT. No sound from the radio, telephone, gong signal and or PDC. Poor radio reception and failure of the telematics systems. Possible Check Control system message: Battery discharge when engine off, Caution, no acoustic warning signals. CAUSE Non MINI approved \(third\-party supplier\) USB cable plugged into the USB port. CORRECTION Install new MINI approved USB cable.
- [SI M61 10 07](/bulletins/10024507.md), 2008-04-21, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. SERVICE ACTION: REPAIR OR RETROFIT IBS BATTERY SENSOR. \*NJ

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