[Ferengo]

Hi there. I'm having a few problems with my R56 mini cooper. I've had a lot of rattles but I also have and engine noise.

A lot of people have had an engine noise on the cooper s but mine is just a cooper.

When the car is cold and I switch the engine on there is a ticking which I have been told is normal. Can anyone confirm that they have this?

Also (and this is the big one) when the car is cold and I put my foot on the accelerator the engine makes a creaking sound. I took it into the dealer and they said it was normal as it was a heater in the engine compartment and thus when it warms up it goes away.

It sound like a load of crap but I thought I'd see what everyone else thinks.

Also I have a wooshing sound coming from my car behind me when I go about 70mph. Sounds like the standard spoiler but it never did it before (had it for 6 months now).

Lastly before I forget, I read the brochure when I was in the other day it it says the mini has backrest memory function: meaning that when someone is getting in the back it will click back to it's original position. Does this mean the tilt of the seat or it's distance from the steering wheel? As when people are getting in the back just now the seat crushes their legs when when folding it back.

Sorry, I know I've rambled on a bit but I spent a lot of hard earned money and I don't want to have another lemon.

Thanx, Ferengo.

[LizzyG]

Mine makes a ticking sound when starting from cold, it doesn't sound good but I think it is normal for the car, going on posts on here about it. I don't have the other noises, sorry.

Re the seat, yes it remembers where the seat should be, both distance back from wheel and angle of backrest. you have to slide the seat back with the backrest folded forward, as far as it will allow, before you lift backrest, otherwise it stops short. So do you have to alter the angle of the seat back after you have let someone into the back, cos it is leaning too far back? That doesn't sound right to me.