A potential fire risk caused by faulty waterpumps is being cited for MINI’s decision to recall more than 235,000 Cooper S and JCW cars. 29,868 cars in the UK built between March 2006 and January 2011 are affected. Company investigations revealed that smouldering caused by heat build-up in the wiring are the cause – and it known that there have been four fires across the world, with one in the UK.
An official statement said: ‘The turbocharged engine of the Cooper S and John Cooper Works engines is equipped with an additional water pump which draws residual heat out of the turbocharger after the engine has been switched off, to prevent carbon build-up of the oil in the bearing. Under high operating temperatures an electro-migration can occur at the circuit board installed in the additional water pump.
‘The electro-migration is caused by plastic additives in conjunction with high temperatures and can lead to a failure of the additional water pump. This can lead to a failure of the additional water pump or smouldering and in extremely rare cases the possibility of a fire cannot be excluded.’
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Again? I seem to remember a similar recall when they were launched, with cars bursting into flames every ten mins…
Bursting into flames every ten minutes, now that would be a sight to behold 🙂
Translation=one of our outside suppliers have made a potentially shit part.(for hairdressers,its a thing that does summat)
Ho, ho, ho……sorry. (Not really)
Oh, Ok, I take it back – forgotten that it’s British workers in jeopardy. BMW – pull yer bloody finger out – you may have stolen our Mini, but you won’t let our workforce down!
An absolute PR nightmare, having to recall so many cars manufactured over just two months short of a five year period.
I’ll never go near one!
Let’s see how MINI PR handles this. Basically, car recalls are commonplace in the industry, and it’s no great shakes…
Here’s where you go if you want to see them all.
http://www.dft.gov.uk/vosa/apps/recalls/default.asp