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MINI Cooper 2009–2014technical service bulletin

Bulletin BMWNOV0313 · NHTSA communication 10150190 · issued Nov 1, 2013

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2009–2014
model years
9
vehicle entries

Official summary

This is an update to the Delivery Stop that was issued on certain 2014 model year MINI Cooper, Cooper S and John Cooper Works Convertibles produced between July and October 2013. During closing, it is possible that the convertible top locating pin is not correctly positioned in the landing plate at the top of the A-pillar (passenger?s side). The repair procedure is now available in Service Information bulletin M54 05 13. Affected vehicles in dealer inventory must not be delivered until the Service Action has been completed. A chassis number list of affected vehicles can be found as an attachme

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.