MINI Cooper 2017–2020 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin M120320 · NHTSA communication 10174326 · issued Apr 1, 2020
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2017–2020
model years
8
vehicle entries
Official summary
SERVICE ACTION: PROGRAM CONTROL UNITS (EME): The software of the electrical machine electronics is faulty. This causes the scan tool to read out only the fault memory that was stored first so that any further faults are not displayed.
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.