Yes, I am sure.
I had my first
MCS in July 08 and the fualt displayed with 18 miles on the clock. I went through the process of booking the car in for investigations and they identified the fault and told me of the perm fix promised for December. After much negotiations I agreed a buy back with Mini to receive a replacment vehichle.
My new
MCS has a build date of Nov 08 and the fault was even worse in the new one. First displayed at 200 miles. The dealership have been very helpful and they were under the impression that the replacement car would be manufactured with the modified part (sadly it was not).
They took the car back on the 5th Jan and had it for a week. They told me that they were 100% sure the fault had been fixed. I asked if the modified spring loaded tensioner was used and they said yes. I was guaranteed that the fault was fixed for good.
Sadly the fault is not fixed and is as described in my prebious quote. In fact I think I can hear a slight knocking constantly when at about 1000 rpm. My car has only done 600 miles.
I have contacted the dealership and I am told the service manager is discussing with the technical people.
I think this is a fault that affects all MSC cars but due to peoples driving styles, I think it is only displaying in a smaller number of cars.
