{"nhtsa_id":10046979,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2012-11-02","date":"2013-01-01","document_id":"SIM-17-07-12","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":"SIM-17-07-12","component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ENGINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"MINI: WHEN A FALSE READING LEADS TO DIFFICULTY IN STARTING ENGINE AND CAUSES SERVICE ENGINE SOON LAMP TO ILLUMINATE, INTERNAL CORROSION IS FORMING IN ENGINE COOLANT TEMPERATURE SENSOR, CAUSING INACCURATE ENGINE TEMPERATURE READING DUE TO BRIDGING OF CONTACTS. MODELS 2010-2012 R55, R56, R57, R58. *PE UPDATED ON 4/19/2013. *KB","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10046979","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER","year_from":2010,"year_to":2010,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_mini_cooper"]},{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER","year_from":2011,"year_to":2012,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER CLUBMAN","year_from":2010,"year_to":2010,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2010_mini_cooper"]},{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER CLUBMAN","year_from":2011,"year_to":2011,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER COUPE","year_from":2012,"year_to":2012,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_mini_cooper-coupe"]},{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER S","year_from":2010,"year_to":2010,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2010_mini_cooper"]},{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER S","year_from":2011,"year_to":2012,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER S CONVERTIBLE","year_from":2010,"year_to":2010,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2010_mini_cooper"]},{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER S CONVERTIBLE","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":[]}