MINI Cooper 2012 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SIM-17-10-12 · NHTSA communication 10049422 · issued Oct 1, 2012
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2012
model years
5
vehicle entries
Official summary
Mini: the engine thermostat housing had poor solder contacts in coolant temperature sensor which caused a no start, or hard, long crank start of a cold engine. No models or model years listed. *pe
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.