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sldavison · May 2nd, 2008, 08:02 PM

I too have had problems with my 57 reg Mini Cooper D. To be quite frank, its been in the garage more than on my drive!! Initially, the car un-locked itself! Yes, unlocked itself and despite many trips to the garage, they could find no problem as the chip wasnt registering anything. After 3-4 trips, they eventually reset the chip and changed the door-locking mechanism which reduced the amount of times its unlocked itself from 6-10 times a week to twice in the past 4 months!
I have also experienced this horrible noise coming from the fan, which also made the car judder! I have reported it months ago to the garage and on numerous occasions and they found nothing. I had to record this noise to be believed that there was something wrong with the car, and heard nothing from the garage. One night when i got home, i rang the garage whilst the car was running so he could hear the loud noise. I was assured that it sounded extremely loud and that this problem needed to be fixed. Driving around when your car sounds like its going to blow up cross between a HGV, its even worrying especially when you approach traffic lights or when the car is on tick-over. After my initial reporting of this problem some months ago, my car was taken in nearly two weeks ago. I have just heard from the garage who has fed me further twaddle about this problem. Apparently, there has been numerous reports of this noise and the theory behind this is:::: (i kid you not) Due to the increased technology, the actual noise that i have been experiencing is the particle filter in the exhaust? And that this is normal for the car to function in this way!!! When i put my head to the engine-it sounded like it was coming from the fans – but, as the garage believe, im female and blonde, so what would i know?! Its taken them 2 weeks to conclude this method, despite my months of requesting help and advice.
Im that disgusted with the lack of support and services in which my dealership has provided and am putting my car for sale. Its been the worst 18k i’ve ever paid. Wouldn’t recommend this car to anyone.

May 2nd, 2008, 08:02 PM	#34
sldavison MINI2 Newbie Join Date: May 2008 Local Time: 11:29 PM Posts: 2 Offline	Problematic car! I too have had problems with my 57 reg Mini Cooper D. To be quite frank, its been in the garage more than on my drive!! Initially, the car un-locked itself! Yes, unlocked itself and despite many trips to the garage, they could find no problem as the chip wasnt registering anything. After 3-4 trips, they eventually reset the chip and changed the door-locking mechanism which reduced the amount of times its unlocked itself from 6-10 times a week to twice in the past 4 months! I have also experienced this horrible noise coming from the fan, which also made the car judder! I have reported it months ago to the garage and on numerous occasions and they found nothing. I had to record this noise to be believed that there was something wrong with the car, and heard nothing from the garage. One night when i got home, i rang the garage whilst the car was running so he could hear the loud noise. I was assured that it sounded extremely loud and that this problem needed to be fixed. Driving around when your car sounds like its going to blow up cross between a HGV, its even worrying especially when you approach traffic lights or when the car is on tick-over. After my initial reporting of this problem some months ago, my car was taken in nearly two weeks ago. I have just heard from the garage who has fed me further twaddle about this problem. Apparently, there has been numerous reports of this noise and the theory behind this is:::: (i kid you not) Due to the increased technology, the actual noise that i have been experiencing is the particle filter in the exhaust? And that this is normal for the car to function in this way!!! When i put my head to the engine-it sounded like it was coming from the fans – but, as the garage believe, im female and blonde, so what would i know?! Its taken them 2 weeks to conclude this method, despite my months of requesting help and advice. Im that disgusted with the lack of support and services in which my dealership has provided and am putting my car for sale. Its been the worst 18k i’ve ever paid. Wouldn’t recommend this car to anyone.