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MINI Cooper 2017–2020technical 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.

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.