MINI Cooper 2014–2019 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin M120119 · NHTSA communication 10153781 · issued Jan 1, 2019
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2014–2019
model years
11
vehicle entries
Official summary
SERVICE ACTION: LOCK THE DME FAULT MEMORY. The fault memory lock in Digital Motor Electronics (DME) control unit was not activated. This lock should prevent the manual deletion of permanent fault codes. The DME fault memory lock has not been set.
Vehicles covered
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.