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MINI Clubman 2013technical service bulletin

Bulletin M010417 · NHTSA communication 10149265 · issued May 1, 2017

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
2013
model years
5
vehicle entries

Official summary

"N18 FUEL TANK PURGE/BREATHER/VENT VALVE: LIMITED WARRANTY EXTENSION TO 10 YEARS/120,000 MILES. INFORMATION For the above-referenced vehicles, MINI USA, a division of BMW of North America, LLC (""MINI USA"") is extending the limited warranty for the fuel tank's purge/breather/vent valve to: ? 10 years/120,000 miles as determined by the vehicle's original in-service date This bulletin is notice of a ""component-specific limited warranty extension."" This is NOT a notice of a Recall or Service Action. There is no immediate repair required unless the MINI vehicle is currently experiencing this pr

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.