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Even though it's a BMW design just remember it's a British car.![]()
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Welcome to M/A...great site with great people !!!
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Welcome, thanks for joining Motoring Alliance, the FUN and Friendly MINI Community.
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Thanks for the warm welcome!
Hopefully this is not a sight I see too often with our MINI!
Dealership called and they have a loaner available when I get there. So far so good with Service and the whole roadside assistance process.Attached Files:
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Welcome to the coolest MINI forum on the net............
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Welcome..... M/A can be fun, do not listen to Dave.0 unless you need expert detailing advice.
Hope the issue with the coolant was an oversight at vehicle prep. More that one of us has had our MINI on the flatbed.
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From reading the forums it looks like there was a good chance it would happen, maybe I'm just getting it out of the way early...haha.
Loaner is a 16 Cooper Clubman non S. We never even drove one before we bought ours as wife knew she wanted turbocharged. Sure glad she got that the one she did, without the turbocharger it feels like every other small car on the road. -
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I had a new car flat bedded to the dealer once. I was riding with the driver and he said "watch this, they hate when a brand new car comes in on a flat bed". Evidently he had experience seeing this. hmmm
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Crashton Club Coordinator
The Cooper is also turbocharged. It is justa missing 1 cylinder.
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So my Mini dealer just called after they got done looking over the car. It appears the assembly line left an extra engine bolt laying on the top of the motor. Service said it was a special bolt that they recognized immediately when they pulled it out of the radiator
All the bolts were in the car as needed so this was an extra.
It must have finally shook loose after 500 miles. It dropped into the fan which thew it through the radiator hence dumping all my coolant. It needs a new radiator and cooling fan. Maybe done end of this week but probably by early next week.
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Good thing you saw that coolant on the drive. It pays to pay attention, well done.
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Just a quick update. Dealer called as they said they would this afternoon. Unfortunately the radiator is on national backorder because the vehicle is so new. The best case scenario is getting a radiator on 6/10 with a couple additional days for repairs.
We also reached out to MINI about the situation and have been assigned a motoring specialist to review our case. NY Lemon Law says 30 days without your vehicle so we are on the clock right now. -
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