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wjlyerly · Jul 16th, 2008, 06:05 PM

I've got a convertible built in Feb of 08 with about 4K miles on it. Yesterday, I experienced a complete stall in traffic. I had stopped for a light and pulled out, making a right turn. This was in a downtown area (20 mph speed limit) so I wasn't accelerating hard. As I made the turn, the engine just died. I believe I was in SD mode at the time. I restarted the engine and it came back right away. It was warm, maybe 80-85 degrees, but not really hot and certainly not cold. I'd been driving for about 10 minutes, so the engine was warm too.

Since this car was built so recently, I'm assuming that its got the latest software and the benefit of 5+ years of tweaks. Are stalls like this common? I'm pretty happy with the car overall, but the idea of random stalls has me a bit worried. Hopefully, this'll be a one time event, but I'd be happy to hear reassurrances from other late model Automatic owners.

jay

bensidewalker · Sep 17th, 2008, 11:56 AM

My car has stalled a couple of times first thing in the morning (I've got a Cooper Convertible built in Oct '07) which may have been due to me changing the brand of petrol I use, but otherwise I have not had any stalling problems.

Hope this reassures you!

chrisflyer · Sep 24th, 2008, 01:44 PM

Not to sure yours is the same gearbox as the Gen 1.

adam_Randell · Oct 1st, 2008, 01:45 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by chrisflyer (original)

Not to sure yours is the same gearbox as the Gen 1.

it is a gen 1 isnt it? gen 2 hasnt been released yet.

Jul 16th, 2008, 06:05 PM	#1
wjlyerly MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Apex, NC, USA Local Time: 02:02 PM Posts: 21 Offline	Stall in '08 Auto I've got a convertible built in Feb of 08 with about 4K miles on it. Yesterday, I experienced a complete stall in traffic. I had stopped for a light and pulled out, making a right turn. This was in a downtown area (20 mph speed limit) so I wasn't accelerating hard. As I made the turn, the engine just died. I believe I was in SD mode at the time. I restarted the engine and it came back right away. It was warm, maybe 80-85 degrees, but not really hot and certainly not cold. I'd been driving for about 10 minutes, so the engine was warm too. Since this car was built so recently, I'm assuming that its got the latest software and the benefit of 5+ years of tweaks. Are stalls like this common? I'm pretty happy with the car overall, but the idea of random stalls has me a bit worried. Hopefully, this'll be a one time event, but I'd be happy to hear reassurrances from other late model Automatic owners. jay Last edited by nonsequitur : Jul 17th, 2008 at 03:30 PM. Reason: No CVT in '08

Sep 24th, 2008, 01:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
chrisflyer MINI2 Regular Join Date: Aug 2006 Local Time: 07:02 PM Posts: 177 Offline	auto Not to sure yours is the same gearbox as the Gen 1.

Oct 1st, 2008, 01:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
adam_Randell 07' Cooper My Classifieds Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Droitwich Local Time: 07:02 PM Posts: 1,456 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by chrisflyer (original) Not to sure yours is the same gearbox as the Gen 1. it is a gen 1 isnt it? gen 2 hasnt been released yet. adam_randell www.midzmodified.com

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Sep 17th, 2008, 11:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
bensidewalker MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Herts Local Time: 07:02 PM Posts: 120 Offline	My car has stalled a couple of times first thing in the morning (I've got a Cooper Convertible built in Oct '07) which may have been due to me changing the brand of petrol I use, but otherwise I have not had any stalling problems. Hope this reassures you!

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