{"nhtsa_id":10146979,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-11-05","date":"2016-11-01","document_id":"M320116","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT; STEERING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"\"EPS INTERMITTENT ASSIST FAILURE, FC 4823FA. The steering assistance fails after several, consecutive parking maneuvers or sustained hold at the end stop. EPS assistance starts functioning again after a few minutes. And, Fault code 4823FA (\"\"EPS control unit internally overload, reduction in steering assistance\"\") is stored in the EPS control module. EPS software error (overloading protection function over sensitivity).\"","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10146979-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10146979-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10146979","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null},{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MINI","model":"CLUBMAN","year_from":2017,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_mini_clubman"]},{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER","year_from":2017,"year_to":2017,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER CONVERTIBLE","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_mini_cooper-convertible"]},{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER S","year_from":2016,"year_to":2017,"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":[]}