MINI Cooper 2014–2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin M230115 · NHTSA communication 10147744 · issued Jun 1, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2014–2015
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
Manual Transmission Will Not Stay in First Gear. When starting off in first gear, the transmission may ?pop? into neutral. Insufficient spring tension in the shifting mechanism of the manual transmission
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.