Mini Cooper, Cooper S, Cooper Convertible. Published by Transport Canada as 2012029 on 30 January 2012. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the electro-hydraulic power steering pump could fail temporarily or permanently due to problems with the electronics that control the function of the pump, a failure of the pump cooling fan, or a loss of power to the pump. A vehicle experiencing a loss of steering power assist would revert to a …
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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
- 2012029
- Recall date
- 30 January 2012
- Make
- Mini
- Models
- Cooper, Cooper S, Cooper Convertible
- Model years
- 2002 to 2005
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 9,254
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the electro-hydraulic power steering pump could fail temporarily or permanently due to problems with the electronics that control the function of the pump, a failure of the pump cooling fan, or a loss of power to the pump. A vehicle experiencing a loss of steering power assist would revert to a manual steering mode which would require greater driver effort, especially at low vehicle speeds. Nevertheless, a loss of steering power assist could ultimately result in a crash causing property damage and/or personal injury. Correction: The electro-hydraulic power steering pump, as well as the pump cooling fan, will be subject to special extended warranty coverage of 12 years or 200,000 km from first in-service date of the vehicle.
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 2012029.
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.
- 2012008 · 11 January 2012 · Cooper S, Cooper S Clubman, John Cooper Works Convertible · Electrical
- 2010382 · 3 November 2010 · Cooper Clubman · Label
- 2014219 · 6 June 2014 · Cooper Convertible, Cooper Coupe · Label
- 2014294 · 16 July 2014 · Cooper · Airbag
- 2014506 · 6 November 2014 · Cooper, Cooper S · Airbag
- 2014561 · 11 December 2014 · Cooper S, Cooper · Powertrain
- 2014584 · 22 December 2014 · Cooper · Seats And Restraints
- 2009358 · 17 December 2009 · Cooper, Cooper S · Label
The same system: Steering
582 notices in this register name Steering. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2012007 · 9 January 2012 · Procross F1100 Sno Pro 50th, Procross XF800 LXR, Procross Xf1100 LXR · Steering
- 2012002 · 4 January 2012 · F-650 · Steering
- 2012105 · 22 March 2012 · Suburban, Savana, Express · Steering
- 2012119 · 30 March 2012 · 108sd, Business Class M2, 114sd · Steering
- 2012131 · 17 April 2012 · Terrastar · Steering
- 2012200 · 5 July 2012 · X3-45 Vip, X3-45 Coach, XL2 Entertainer Bus Shell · Steering
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This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Mini Cooper Convertible, 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 444 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2012.
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