# Service bulletin M511616

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: 10245428
- Published by NHTSA: 2023\-12\-06
- Manufacturer's number: M511616
- Manufacturer's date: 2023\-11\-02
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE

## NHTSA's summary

Cavity protection applied to underside of the hood is leaking out onto the wheel arch trim and grille.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10245428-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10245428-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Body and frame

## Vehicles listed

- 2012 to 2014 MINI CLUBMAN
- 2015 MINI CLUBMAN
- 2016 to 2024 MINI CLUBMAN
- 2001 MINI COOPER
- 2002 to 2010 MINI COOPER
- 2011 to 2024 MINI COOPER
- 2014 to 2024 MINI COUNTRYMAN

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [M510425](/bulletins/11024343.md), 2025-10-16, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. Front door power windows \(left and/or right side\) do not function. If the window\(s\) do operate, a grinding sound can be heard while opening and/or closing.
- [M510224](/bulletins/11022115.md), 2025-08-24, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. While opening the door, a “groaning” sound is heard from the door brake. Doors open and close stiffly.
- [M511616](/bulletins/11020920.md), 2025-07-28, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. Cavity protection applied to the underside of the hood is leaking out onto the wheel arch trim and grille.
- [M410125](/bulletins/11017298.md), 2025-04-29, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. While driving on a smooth and/or uneven road, a “popping” sound is heard from the bottom of the C\-pillar area. This can occur on one and/or both sides on the vehicle C\-pillars.
- [M010616](/bulletins/11014693.md), 2025-03-03, Warranty extension: STRUCTURE:BODY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. The Footwell Module \(FRM\) limited warranty for defects in materials and / or workmanship has been supplementarily increased to 15 years / 240,000 miles as determined from the original first in\-service / delivery date.
- [M510424](/bulletins/11012104.md), 2025-01-01, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. The tailgate will not latch when closed.
- [M640116](/bulletins/10249431.md), 2024-02-01, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE. Customer complains of a musty odor or damp front footwell carpet.
- [SIM640116](/bulletins/10216780.md), 2022-08-01, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; EQUIPMENT. Water Ingress In Footwell Area From A?C Condensate Drain
- [SIM510216](/bulletins/10216775.md), 2022-08-01, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE. Rear door is difficult to open and the cover strip may have come off due to cold temperatures.
- [SIM720117](/bulletins/10215020.md), 2022-07-05, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. During low outdoor temperatures, with the doors and windows closed, a metallic whirring noise is detected in

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