MINI Cooper 2017–2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin M640418 · NHTSA communication 10153720 · issued Dec 1, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2017–2018
model years
3
vehicle entries
Official summary
PRECONDITIONING START TIME FOR VENTILATION AND HIGH VOLTAGE BATTERY CHARGING CANNOT BE SELECTED. The F60 PHEV has a feature within the climate control menu in the CID which enables setting the future departure/start time for: Parked car ventilation (aka "preconditioning").
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.