We had to see this coming. >NHTSA announced on Friday that it will hold a public meeting Dec. 17 and take comments until Dec. 12 on its Initial Decision that model year...
Sent in by MF Reader James, it’s the actual letter he received regarding the service action MINI USA will perform to shorten the exhaust pipe on the R56. >MINI division’s quality monitoring...
We’ve been getting reports that Clubman coming to the US with the Anthracite headliner option have been getting the standard headliner due to a shortage. According to a thread on North American...
MINI USA is officially recalling all 560 2009 JCW MINIs due braking issues. It’s not entirely clear in the description given by the NHTSA but it would seem that the brakes either...
We’ve been informed that MINI USA has quietly begun offering owners a chance to replace their exhaust tips to keep them from extending too far from the edge of the car. As...
This from Edmunds Inside Line. >The federal government is looking into complaints from some consumers that they have received leg burns from contact with the exhaust pipe in the 2007-’08 Mini Cooper...
MF Exclusive: For all those who might have missed the story initially (and all 200 comments) some R56 Cooper S’ have been experiencing some odd noises on start-up. After posing the question...
We’ve held off on reporting on this issue for the past few months trying to gather as much data as possible before presenting it to readers. After some investigation, we now believe...
Apologies to those of you that get your WRR fix from the Motoringfile player. I was out of town for the weekend and forgot to deputize someone to post the shows here....
There has been some problems with the early R56 orders that were supposed to have Multi-Function Steering Wheel in December and January. When ordering the MFSW on an R50/R53, the Motoring Advisor...