NHTSA recall 08V657000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	08V657000
Manufacturer	BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC
Reported	2008-12-12
Owners notified	2009-01-15
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
Units potentially affected	28450

What is wrong

BMW IS RECALLING 28,450 MY 2007-2008 MINI COOPER S VEHICLES. THE CENTRALLY LOCATED TAILPIPE EXTENSION PROTRUDES SLIGHTLY BEYOND THE REAR BUMPER. IT IS POSSIBLE FOR INADVERTENT CONTACT TO OCCUR WITH A PERSON'S LEG.

What can happen

IF THE TAILPIPE EXTENSION IS HOT DURING INADVERTENT CONTACT, A BURN COULD OCCUR.

The remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE TAILPIPE WITH A NEW SHORTER TAILPIPE FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING JANUARY 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BMW AT 1-866-275-6464.

Notes

CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Vehicles this campaign lists
2007 MINI COOPER S	Built 2006-11-18 to 2008-07-08. Listed as a series or trim of this model.
2008 MINI COOPER S	Built 2006-11-18 to 2008-07-08. Listed as a series or trim of this model.

A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.

Investigated as EA08020

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

NHTSA investigations that led to this recall
EA08020	Engineering analysis, opened 2008-08-29, closed 2009-01-02. EXHAUST PIPE BURNS. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.