MINI Cooper 2002–2006 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin M010113 · NHTSA communication 10150044 · issued Jul 1, 2013
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Steering
component
2002–2006
model years
14
vehicle entries
Official summary
Electro-Hydraulic Power-Assist Steering Pump (EHPS) and Cooling Fan: Warranty Extension to 13 years/150,000 miles. On affected vehicles, the electro-hydraulic power steering (EHPS) pump can fail.
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.