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MINI Clubman 2015technical service bulletin

Bulletin SIM610115 · NHTSA communication 10216777 · issued Feb 1, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Steering
component
2015
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

The customer states that there is a grating or scraping noise when the steering wheel is turned. The noise comes from the area of the steering column switch center.

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.