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MINI Cooper 2014technical service bulletin

Bulletin SIM-12-07-14 · NHTSA communication 10056323 · issued Jul 1, 2014

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2014
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Mini: when transmission is placed in either drive or reverse position, the engine would idle poorly and shut off, after cold start, due to software issues. Model f56 (cooper). *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.