{"nhtsa_id":10149271,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-11-26","date":"2017-05-01","document_id":"M610216","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN","mfr_system":null,"summary":"HORN DOES NOT WORK. Horn operation is difficult or impossible. Horn may operate: with a delay after actuation only after pressing on switches very firmly. after repeated, forceful actuation. only when using one or two (of the four) switch contact points ? Only F54, F55, F56, F57: Dissimilar metal corrosion between horn switch contacts and airbag unit. All models: routing of the connecting wires on the steering wheel incorrect","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10149271-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10149271-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10149271","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER","year_from":2014,"year_to":2015,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"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":2014,"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":[]}