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MINI Cooper 2017–2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin M610420 · NHTSA communication 10179830 · issued Aug 1, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2017–2020
model years
8
vehicle entries

Official summary

DELIVERY STOP - HIGH-VOLTAGE BATTERY: Please do not charge the vehicle high-voltage battery until further notice. There may be a potential issue in the welding process of the HV-modules.

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.