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Service bulletins for the 2010 MINI Cooper

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.

161 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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SIM-17-01-102011-09-12. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. BMW: ENGINE TOO HOT MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED WITH STORED TROUBLE CODES. THE WATER PUMP DOESNT POWER UP. *RM
SIM-32-01-092011-08-16. Service bulletin. STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK. BMW: INFORMATION ON THE BUMPER BRACKET CASTING FAILURE AND REPLACEMENT. *RM
SIM-65-06-112011-08-04. Service bulletin. AIR BAGS; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL. BMW: THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT IS ON WITH A FAULT STORED. THE WIRING UNDER THE SEAT MAY BE PINCHED OR DAMAGED. *RM
SI M24 01 082011-06-03. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. BMW: WARNING LIGHT IS ON AND THE SELECTOR LEVER COULD NOT BE MOVED OUT OF PARK WHICH WAS LIKELY CAUSED BY FLUID BEING SPILLED ON THE SHIFTER. *RM
SIM-11-07-082011-05-18. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CRANKCASE (PCV). BMW: DESCRIPTION AND SPECIFICATIONS OF CRANKCASE VENTILATION SYSTEM. *RM
SIM-11-02-072011-05-03. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. BMW (MINI): THERE IS A RATTLE NOISE IN THE ENGINE DURING A COLD START-UP. THE NOISE IS MORE FREQUENT WHEN DRIVING SHORT DISTANCES. *RM UPDATED 06/08/2011. *KB UPDATED 6/6/12. *PE UPDATED 10/23/12. *PE
SIM-63-01-102011-03-07. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. MINI: CHECK CONTROL MESSAGE BUT LIGHTS ARE OPERATING NORMALLY. INTERMITTENTLY, A BULB OUT CHECK CONTROL MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED, BUT ALL BULBS APPEAR TO BE WORKING NORMALLY. MODELS R55, 56, 57. *PE
SI-M-12-02-102011-01-22. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. MINI (BMW): SERVICE ENGINE SOON (MIL) LAMP IS ILLUMINATED; THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH WITH ANY MISFIRE FAULTS STORED IN THE DME-2771, 2772, 2773, 2775, 2776, 2777, 2779, 277A, 277B, 277D, 277E, 277F-COMBUSTION MISFIRE, CYLINDER 1..4. *PE UPDATED 3/4/11. *PE UPDATED 4/20/11. *PE UPDATED 8/10/11. *PE UPDATED 9/13/11. *PE UPDATED 10/23/12. *PE
SIM-72-01-092010-11-17. Service bulletin. SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR; SEAT BELTS:FRONT. MINI: FRONT SAFETY BELT IS TWISTED OR SLOW TO RETRACT. WHEN FRONT SEAT SAFETY BELT RETRACTS INTO THE SIDE PANEL, IT BECOMES TWISTED INSIDE THE PANEL. EVEN WHEN UNTWISTED, THE BELT MAY RETRACT SLOWLY.
SIM-17-02-072010-06-21. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. MINI: ELECTRIC COOLING FAN RUNS AFTER ENGINE IS SHUT OFF. AFTER THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF, THE ELECTRIC COOLING FAN CONTINUES TO RUN. DUE TO THE OPERATING STRATEGY OF THE DME, THE ELECTRIC COOLING FAN MAY CONTINUE TO RUN AFTER THE ENGINE IS SHUT OFF IN TWO DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. ENGINE COOLANT TEMP REACHES 108 DEGREES CELSIUS (DUE TO HEAT SOAK), COOLING FAN WILL ACTIVATE TIL COOLANT TEMP DROPS BELOW 105 DEGREES CELSIUS. FAN WILL RUN TO ASSIST THE AUXILIARY WATER PUMP, WHICH IS USED TO COOL TURBO CHARGER AFTER ENGINE SHUT DOWN. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE
SI-M-11-01-092009-11-10. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. MINI: WHEN REPLACING THE CYLINDER HEAD COVER ON A VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH THE NEW N14 ENGINE, THE COVER WILL LOOK DIFFERENT IN APPEARANCE. THE REPLACEMENT COVER IS NOW EQUIPPED WITH A CRANKCASE VENTILATION SYSTEM PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.