Power Steering

[Will L]

My wife has an 04 Cooper S with 24k on the clock. The power steering failed and is booked in with the local garage (not Mini) on Monday. Having done a little research, this appears to be a common problem. Is it something that Mini now recognises as a design fault and will help with costs or do I have a fight on my hands? Should I ring Mini on Monday morning to book it in with them rather than our local garage man. Many thanks

[nigemc2004]

Our 04 Cooper with 35000 miles has just hadthe PS go. I have a mate who is a BMW technician and on his advice we took it in to the BMW dealership we brought it from and asked them to look at it.

Looking at other posts on here we are hopeful that as the car is just out of warranty that BMW will pay for the new ps pump (£415 + vat) and we will pay for some of the labour. They have contacted BMW UK and we are waiting for a reply. As soon as I hear fro them i'll let you know. Nigel

[mab01uk]

Quote: Originally Posted by Will L (original)

My wife has an 04 Cooper S with 24k on the clock. The power steering failed and is booked in with the local garage (not Mini) on Monday. Having done a little research, this appears to be a common problem. Is it something that Mini now recognises as a design fault and will help with costs or do I have a fight on my hands? Should I ring Mini on Monday morning to book it in with them rather than our local garage man. Many thanks

Without a doubt at that mileage you will get a Goodwill payment from MINI UK for at least 100% on parts, so if i was you I would read "Neurobeakers" advice in the PS Pump thread below and go to your local MINI Dealer asap.
http://www.mini2.com/forum/faults-fi...ml#post3414216