# NHTSA recall 18V557000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 18V557000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2018\-08\-23
- Owners notified: 2018\-10\-22
- Component: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
- Units potentially affected: 9953

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain 2017\-2019 MINI Cooper Countryman vehicles.  These vehicles may be missing a crash protection plate near the high pressure fuel pump, which may result in a fuel leak in the event of a crash.


## What can happen

Without the crash protection plate, in the event of a crash, the fuel pump can become damaged, causing a fuel leak and increasing the risk of a fire.


## The remedy

MINI will notify owners, and dealers will install a crash protection plate, free of charge.  Interim owner notification letters were mailed on October 22, 2018.  Owners will receive a second notification when the repair is available.  Owners may contact MINI customer service at 1\-866\-825\-1525.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2020 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2020\-04\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 9953
- Reported remedied: 9332 \(93%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 47

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2020 quarter 1, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2017 MINI COUNTRYMAN](/makes/mini/countryman/2017/recalls.md). Built 2016\-12\-30 to 2018\-08\-13.
- [2018 MINI COUNTRYMAN](/makes/mini/countryman/2018/recalls.md). Built 2016\-12\-30 to 2018\-08\-13.
- [2019 MINI COUNTRYMAN](/makes/mini/countryman/2019/recalls.md). Built 2016\-12\-30 to 2018\-08\-13.

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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