MINI Cooper 2014–2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin M320114 · NHTSA communication 10148393 · issued Aug 1, 2014
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Steering
component
2014–2015
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
Power-assisted Steering Intermittently Not Available at Engine Start-up. An EPS warning lamp may light up in the instrument cluster intermittently at engine start-up. At the same time, the power-assisted steering is unavailable. After switching the ignition off and then on again, the steering is available again. No fault codes are stored in the fault code memory of the electric power steering (EPS-I1). Electric Power Steering (EPS).
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.