{"nhtsa_id":10044299,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2012-06-07","date":"2012-05-01","document_id":"SIM-31-01-12","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY:U-BOLT, LEAF SPRING TO AXLE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"MINI: ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, THE FRONT AXLE CONTROL ARMS, DURING ASSEMBLY PROCESS, WAS INSTALLED WHERE THE INNER BALL JOINT RUBBER BOOTS ARE IMPROPERLY POSITIONED AND WEAR PREMATURELY. *PE","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10044299","components":[{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER COUNTRYMAN","year_from":2011,"year_to":2011,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER S COUNTRYMAN","year_from":2011,"year_to":2011,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}