MINI Cooper 2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin M010416 · NHTSA communication 10147572 · issued Aug 1, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2015
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
"B46 LEAK DIAGNOSIS MODULE (NVLD): LIMITED WARRANTY EXTENSION TO 10 YEARS/120,000 MILES FOR ""NON-CALIFORNIA EMISSION"" STATUTE STATES. INFORMATION For the eligible vehicles that are not eligible for coverage under the ""State of California PZEV (SULEV) emission regulation,"" 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 Item #1: This componentspecific limited warranty extension applies to defects in materials or workmanship
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.