[astilla]

Driving into work today the bonnet air scoop on my 1 month old 'S' flew off whilst I was going up the M42... I didn't actually realise that's what it was at the time as it didn't hit anything, was silent with no warning and happened so quickly I thought it was a bit of paper flying up over the windscreen. I only spotted it when I got to work.

Has anyone else had something like this happen?

I've contacted the dealer and they are supposed to be getting back to me to book it in for a replacement.

[bubblegoose]

only the high gloss black exterior A pillar trim flew off mine whilst I was on the motorway. Never really heard of a scoop flying off though!

Hope it gets fitted ASAP so its not nose-less for too long!

[astilla]

I'm pretty sure I know the cause... I had viper stripes fitted (by the dealer) when I ordered the car and they obviously had to remove the bonnet scoop to fit the stripes. I reckon they just failed to fit the scoop properly once the stripes had been done.... very poor

[carboncrazy]

Think your right in thinking that. Very strange but as long as you get a new one suppose its just one of those things. Strange thing is you never hear things like this with anythig but a MINI.

Joe

[OJM]

Crazy! I always thought there was a large portion of it under the bonnet, but looking at them on ebay etc, shows it doesn't. It's obvious that it was screwed back on properly - doubt the bolts sheared off...?

I'd have the dealer about that - say it hit the windscreen and made you swerve etc - try to get some freebies out of it