MINI Cooper 2015–2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin M410218 · NHTSA communication 10154762 · issued Feb 1, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2015–2016
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
SERVICE ACTION PVC SEAM ON TAILGATE WATER CHANNEL COULD LEAK WATER; CHECK AND REWORK. Water may leak into the luggage compartment from inside the D-Pillar. Insufficient sealing of the D-Pillar sheet metal.
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.