Wondering if the recall card hasn't been mailed to this MINI owner yet! Mini Cooper caused fire at former selectman's garage - GreenwichTime Maybe not parking in a garage is a good idea!
Huh, so that 2009 JCW sat for 24 hours and then went POOF..... Here I thought it occurred shortly after shutting off the MINI during the turbo cool down.... Those MINI's are sooooo HOT..... Hey, wait a minute, I have a 2009 JCW..... And I park it in an attached garage.....Hmmmmm I think until I get my notice, I'm pulling one battery cable.
Better safe than sorry..... While the weather is nice see if you can get over to MAG & have a pumpectomy done.
Once they have the part in stock (if it isnt already) the replacement only took a few hours. Mine had been whining when I had it replaced.
Correct, the Aux H2O Pump never runs for more than 10 min after shut-down...which means it's almost a given that there's a different direct root cause here than overcurrent on the circuit card due to electromigration. Maybe there's an indirect link, but it also means a law suit using the impending recall as a basis wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell...
I'm sure there will be law suits, there always are. Did MINI tell folks not to park their cars in the garage? They sure should have. On a side note we popped into the dealer today to check on the remaining warranty for Babs new to her Clubster. They wanted to do the water pump recall. I told them I needed a turbo too. Got a strange look when I told the nice fellow we have a justa. :smilewinkgrin:
damn, that electromigration gets me every time! I think there should be a wall or something to keep everyone on their own side