{"nhtsa_id":10148051,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-11-13","date":"2014-09-01","document_id":"M000314","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT","mfr_system":null,"summary":"\"?Incorrect Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Labels Installed. Twenty-six \"\"Model Year 2014\"\" vehicles have incorrect VIN labeling that indicates they are \"\"Model Year 2015.\"\" Incorrect VIN labels were applied at the factory. The 9th and 10th digits of the VIN indicate that it is a MY 15 (F), when in reality the vehicle is a MY 14 (E). This includes the NHTSA compliance label, VIN number in the windshield and the VIN number on the front strut tower.\"","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10148051-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10148051-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10148051","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER","year_from":2014,"year_to":2015,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER S","year_from":2014,"year_to":2015,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"MINI","model":"JOHN COOPER WORKS","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"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":[]}