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Old Jan 6th, 2004, 02:06 AM
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Mini fire

Can someone clear this up for me. My husband called me and said a co worker had told him he had 2 minis and they both caught on fire. This no less scared me a bit. So I looked all over the internet and I found a few sites that say there had been fires. I never heard this before. Please shed some light on this situation. I really love the mini but I love life alot more.
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Old Jan 6th, 2004, 02:11 AM
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Has anyone heard anything about minis catching on fire

Please let me know if this is common or known to have happened with the mini s My husbands co worker said he had 2 minis and both caught on fire. This scared me a bit. I just want to know if this is true. I love the mini s but I love life more. This was such a bummer to hear. I was so ready to get a mini.
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Old Jan 6th, 2004, 02:17 AM
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Forget to change the oil on anything for a long time and it will blow up. As far as it being common, never heard anything like that.
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Old Jan 6th, 2004, 05:52 AM
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i was just in an accident 2 hours ago - got rear-ended by a drunk guy, and pushed into a truck in front of me...

my 2002 cooper caught on fire under the hood - luckily there was a cop right there and had a fire extinguisher...

my first thought was to get another mini, but if they catch on fire a lot, maybe something else is in order...
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Quote: Originally Posted by spydr
i was just in an accident 2 hours ago - got rear-ended by a drunk guy, and pushed into a truck in front of me...

my 2002 cooper caught on fire under the hood - luckily there was a cop right there and had a fire extinguisher...

my first thought was to get another mini, but if they catch on fire a lot, maybe something else is in order...

IM really sorry about that. Glad your ok though. Was anyone elseion the car with you. Why did your car catch fire??. Once again im glad your ok. I too have been rearended by a drunk in my MINI
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Old Jan 6th, 2004, 06:22 AM
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i was alone in the car...

the the drunk guy hit me more on the driver side in the back, which pushed me into the large pickup in front of me..

it was a little off to the driver side of the truck - it was a medium/large sized ford pickup, 2002 i think

it crunched up the hood on the mini, and i could see a few little flames under the hood - the guy in the truck pulled forward when i saw the fire, and i grabbed my ipod and hopped out

i think i'll buy a nice new S now
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Old Jan 6th, 2004, 06:44 AM
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crikey, sorry to hear about it, but at least u were able to hop out and run away. all down to the excellent safety system in the MINI


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Old Jan 6th, 2004, 09:58 AM
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That is a very important point - the safety system of the MINI. We've seen numerous pics on here of folks that have had their MINI's wrecked in an accident but they nearly all come out of them with cuts and bruises only.
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Old Jan 6th, 2004, 03:01 PM
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also my airbags dind't go off...

the way i was hit i would think that they would have gone off when i was pushed into the truck in front of me...

seems wierd buy i guess the mini had it's reasons...

also the warning blinkers turned on by themselves, which i though was kinda neat.
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Old Jan 6th, 2004, 03:23 PM
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also my airbags dind't go off...

the way i was hit i would think that they would have gone off when i was pushed into the truck in front of me...

seems wierd buy i guess the mini had it's reasons...

also the warning blinkers turned on by themselves, which i though was kinda neat.

The doors also unlock (if locked) in the event of an accident like that. Or should do anyway.

If you didn't hit your head, then I guess the MINI got it right and you didn't need the airbag. If you did hit your head, maybe the MINI got it wrong. But it is ONLY a car.

Glad you're OK.
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Old Jan 6th, 2004, 03:28 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted by mini mom
Please let me know if this is common or known to have happened with the mini s My husbands co worker said he had 2 minis and both caught on fire. This scared me a bit. I just want to know if this is true. I love the mini s but I love life more. This was such a bummer to hear. I was so ready to get a mini.

Two issues here.

A few VERY early cars (not sold in the USA) had a problem with the fuel filler and sparks. It only happened in testing, but still, sparking near fuel isn't good, so they recalled and fixed these cars.

Also, some people have had their sound deadening in the engine bay catching fire or smouldering. The official word is that this was due to external objects such as cigarettes catching in there and burning a bit, however this did seem to be a bit of a strange explantion. Also worth noting is that theyve changed the material of the lner too.

To be honest, I'm sure it's nothing to worry about, you've probably more chance of being hit by a bus than your MINI catching fire.
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I believe airbags only react to a primary frontal impact, as far as I know............
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Old Jan 6th, 2004, 05:59 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted by mini mom
Can someone clear this up for me. My husband called me and said a co worker had told him he had 2 minis and they both caught on fire. This no less scared me a bit. So I looked all over the internet and I found a few sites that say there had been fires. I never heard this before. Please shed some light on this situation. I really love the mini but I love life alot more.
Thanks mini mom

Apparently your husband's co-worker is trying to pull up a good prank on you. Don't believe him!! (Is not April's fool yet, isn't it?)

I have 2 MINIs purchased new and never had any kind of problems like that (My wife's '02 CVT has 19K miles and my '04 MCS has 3,200 miles). Is he talking about BMC made Classic Minis instead?

The new BMW MINIs are among the safest small cars in the planet.

Here is a link for you so you can put your fears to rest:


http://www.iihs.org/vehicle_ratings/ce/html/0222.htm


2002-2004 MINI Cooper: BEST PICK by the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety.




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Old Jan 6th, 2004, 06:30 PM
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I had a fire that started in the engine bay, however I wouldn't be to alarmed as mine was probably related to a new engine being put in a couple of days before !!

Loads of people have mini's and it is not a common occurence !!!

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