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[Gillian Hogarth]

Quote: Originally Posted by grantw

hmm,

that's funny my mini failed its first mot recently due to the rear number plate lights not workign due to corrosion. Basically the light buld contacts had corroded away. I had to get a whole new boothandle/lighthousing unit at a cost of 106 quid! it also failed due to to rear tyres, though they had done nearly 37thousand miles! so 400 quid in total for the mot!

so i think its worthwhile for everyone to check that area before the 3 year warranty on the car is up!!! i

My car would have failed its first mot in March for the same thing had my friendly garage mechanic man not noticed and fixed it prior to testing. I have had the boot handle replaced twice under warranty due to the bulb ends becoming corroded. Recently I noticed a rusty patch on the tailgate just above the handle in alignment with one of the numberplate lights. When my car was in the body shop to have some repairs, I asked them to look at this. It turns out that somehow water had got in and it was rusting from within. This was covered by MINI's rust warranty which I think is about 8 years. The bodyshop guys removed the numberplate to remove the rust and repair it and then body shop manager noticed that the corrosion was much worse than he expected and he is now waiting for mini to give the go ahead to replace the whole tailgate. I suggest that you get this investigated as you may have an indication of a much more serious problem. I have a 03 MCS which has done 40k and would not have expected to have a problem with rust so soon. I hope this helps.