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MINI Cooper 2014–2015technical service bulletin

Bulletin M010316 · NHTSA communication 10147064 · issued Aug 1, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2014–2015
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

"B38 AND B48 LEAK DIAGNOSIS MODULE (NVLD): LIMITED WARRANTY EXTENSION TO 10 YEARS/120,000 MILES. INFORMATION For the eligible vehicles, MINI USA a division of BMW of North America, LLC (""MINI USA"") is extending the limited warranty for the leak diagnosis module (NVLD) to: 10 years/120,000 miles as determined by the vehicle's original in-service date Note: This bulletin is notice of a ""limited warranty extension."" This is NOT a notice of a Recall or Service Action. There is no immediate repair required unless the MINI vehicle is currently experiencing this problem. Customer Notification Let

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.