Mini Cooper, Cooper S. Published by Transport Canada as 2003055 on 7 March 2003. System: Suspension.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the head of the screw securing the rear struts to the chassis may tear off. The remaining portion of the screw (stud, or shaft) will still hold the strut in place. However, if left unattended over a longer period of time, and depending on driving conditions, the stud/shaft may break. If this …
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Mini COOPER in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Mini COOPER is named on 18 American notices, 4 British, 10 European and 15 Japanese. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
The European register
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/1421/18: Mini One Countryman, Cooper Countryman, notified by Germany
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/1588/19: Mini Clubman, Cooper, JCW Countryman, notified by Germany
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/00975/22: Mini Mini Cabrio, Mini Clubman, Mini Countryman, Mini Cooper (5-TüRer), notified by Germany
The Japanese register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2003055
- Recall date
- 7 March 2003
- Make
- Mini
- Models
- Cooper, Cooper S
- Model years
- 2003
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 462
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the head of the screw securing the rear struts to the chassis may tear off. The remaining portion of the screw (stud, or shaft) will still hold the strut in place. However, if left unattended over a longer period of time, and depending on driving conditions, the stud/shaft may break. If this occurred, the chassis would lean directly on the tire, diminishing the driver's ability to control the vehicle. Depending on traffic conditions and the driver's reactions, this could lead to a crash. Correction: Dealer will replace the lower screw connection of the rear struts.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2003055.
Mini elsewhere in this register
Mini is named on 45 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2002144 · 25 July 2002 · Cooper · Powertrain
- 2002118 · 26 June 2002 · Cooper · Seats And Restraints
- 2004243 · 13 July 2004 · Cooper, Cooper S · Other
- 2005324 · 20 October 2005 · Cooper · Label
- 2006013 · 16 January 2006 · Cooper, Cooper Convertible · Powertrain
- 2008369 · 9 October 2008 · John Cooper Works Clubman, John Cooper Works · Brakes
- 2009028 · 29 January 2009 · Cooper S, John Cooper Works · Other
- 2009358 · 17 December 2009 · Cooper, Cooper S · Label
The same system: Suspension
746 notices in this register name Suspension. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2003117 · 30 April 2003 · Outback, Legacy, Baja · Suspension
- 2003022 · 29 January 2003 · Mvp-Ef Transit Bus, Mvp-Ef School Bus · Suspension
- 2003012 · 22 January 2003 · Mvp-Ef Transit Bus, Mvp-Er Transit Bus, Mvp-Ef School Bus · Suspension
- 2003122 · 5 May 2003 · VN, WXLL, WX · Suspension
- 2003140 · 23 May 2003 · Accent · Suspension
- 2003159 · 19 June 2003 · VNL, VNM · Suspension
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Mini Cooper S, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Mini: 45 in the register, and 350 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2003.
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