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BMW recall 11V299: Model Year 2011 Mini Cooper Clubman and Cooper S Clubman

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Mini Cooper Clubman, Mini Cooper S Clubman, model year 2011. Filed by Bmw Of North America, Llc and reported to NHTSA on 25 May 2011. 75 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says BMW Is recalling certain model year 2011 Mini Cooper Clubman and Cooper S Clubman vehicles manufactured from February 8, 2011, through May 11, 2011, for failing to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicles Safety Standard No. 101, "Controls and Displays." These vehicles are equipped with a European …

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What owners ask about this recall

Which vehicles does recall 11V299 cover?
Mini Cooper Clubman, Mini Cooper S Clubman, model year 2011.
What is wrong with them?
BMW Is recalling certain model year 2011 Mini Cooper Clubman and Cooper S Clubman vehicles manufactured from February 8, 2011, through May 11, 2011, for failing to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicles Safety Standard No.
What can happen if it is not put right?
In the event of an ABS system problem, only the the outer circle of the symbol illuminates, not the ABS letters. As such, the driver may be unaware that there is a problem with the ABS, increasing the risk of a crash.
Is there a fix yet?
All affected vehicles have been repaired at dealerships. Therefore, an owner notification letter will not be issued for this campaign. Owners may contact BMW at 1-800-525-7417.
What should I do now?
Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.

Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.

What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “In the event of an ABS system problem, only the the outer circle of the symbol illuminates, not the ABS letters. As such, the driver may be unaware that there is a problem with the ABS, increasing the risk of a crash.”

75vehicles potentially
affected
2models named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 25 May 2011owners told 30 August 2012today
The defect reached the regulator on 25 May 2011. Owners were written to 463 days later, on 30 August 2012. The median across the 14,869 American recalls that carry both dates is 41 days, and nine in ten owners are written to within 107. This campaign is in the slowest tenth of the register.
Campaign11V299
Filed byBMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC
System at faultElectrical System:Instrument Cluster/Panel
Reported to NHTSA25 May 2011
Model years2011-2011
Vehicles namedMINI COOPER CLUBMAN, MINI COOPER S CLUBMAN

What the notice says today

The consequence

In the event of an ABS system problem, only the the outer circle of the symbol illuminates, not the ABS letters. As such, the driver may be unaware that there is a problem with the ABS, increasing the risk of a crash.

The remedy

All affected vehicles have been repaired at dealerships. Therefore, an owner notification letter will not be issued for this campaign. Owners may contact BMW at 1-800-525-7417.

What it said before

This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.

This is one of 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 days.

Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.

The models named here, across their whole recall history

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