12 v. Battery cover replacement/ recall
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Me, too, with my 2021. I wonder why the newer SEs were recalled first rather than the cars in service longer while the "rub" has its way with the positive 12V cable? I'd assume that the problem first appeared in older cars.
Other forum members have said it's not easy to see the difference with the replacement battery cover. If nobody else does it first, I'm going photograph the difference between the two covers if I can detect that difference (note to self: bring a ruler).
Puppethead
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I asked my service department about this when it first came out and they checked and said it didn't apply to the 2021s, the recall must have been extended later.
JonR
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I just got a letter in the mail today from Mini too that my car with my VIN is affected by the recall. My car is an early 2021 model.
I then checked the Mini site and it doesn't show a recall for my car.
https://www.miniusa.com/owners/tools-support/recall.html
I think Mini screwed up their mailers.
I then checked the Mini site and it doesn't show a recall for my car.
https://www.miniusa.com/owners/tools-support/recall.html
I think Mini screwed up their mailers.
No recall for my 2022 when I checked but the cover was replaced when I had it in for the 2 year service. It was flagged as 'Perform recall per factory bulletin'. The dealer also programmed the telematics control unit, flagged the same way. Perhaps these are recalls that don't fall under the Safety and Emissions Recalls on the MINI webpage?
MichaelC
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Yeah, I wonder if this is more of a "quality recall" instead of a "safety recall" for our older models? I likewise didn't see any recalls for my SE when I checked the VIN on MINI's site, but the service adviser confirmed it and scheduled an appointment when I called them this afternoon.
CuriousGeorge
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Lainey
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I just got mine Saturday as well. Called yesterday and they're ordering the parts so I'll get it fixed next Friday. Mine also does not come up in the recall check for the VIN. Better safe than sorry to replace it though. Dealer is going to give me a loaner so no big deal to me either way.
JonR
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I had the recall performed the other day and I didn't have any damage to the battery cable. They did go ahead and replace the battery cover with the revised one.
They also updated the software to the latest version which removed all of my Bimmercode changes. Unfortunately for me, I purchased Bimmercode when I had an Android phone and I now have an Apple. The license doesn't transfer between the two stores so I had to purchase the software again. I don't mind because Bimmercode works so well and really makes the driving experience much better.
I made my changes but this time, I didn't change the dash lighting to take care of the auto-dimming problem the car had. I hope the newer software version fixes this but if not, I'll Bimmercode to use the old style lighting display brightness. Fingers crossed!
They also updated the software to the latest version which removed all of my Bimmercode changes. Unfortunately for me, I purchased Bimmercode when I had an Android phone and I now have an Apple. The license doesn't transfer between the two stores so I had to purchase the software again. I don't mind because Bimmercode works so well and really makes the driving experience much better.
I made my changes but this time, I didn't change the dash lighting to take care of the auto-dimming problem the car had. I hope the newer software version fixes this but if not, I'll Bimmercode to use the old style lighting display brightness. Fingers crossed!
JonR
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The radio display dimming problem remains after the most recent software update. I pulled into a parking lot just a few minutes ago and the display went completely dark and after a few seconds, brightened back up again. I had to use Bimmercode to fix this once again.
Headunit => Expert Mode => "3005 Display PIP Info" => "DIM_VARIANT" => change the default "NEW" to "OLD" This allows you to adjust the brightness during the day and the scroll wheel by the headlight control controls the brightness at night.
How does this not drive everyone crazy? Such an annoying bug in their software.
Headunit => Expert Mode => "3005 Display PIP Info" => "DIM_VARIANT" => change the default "NEW" to "OLD" This allows you to adjust the brightness during the day and the scroll wheel by the headlight control controls the brightness at night.
How does this not drive everyone crazy? Such an annoying bug in their software.
JonR
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My car doesn't have HUD. The center display with the radio is the problem. The outer ring does it too but the easy fix for that is to just turn that off. I never have that on.
BMW owners complain about this too as well as other F56 owners. The little light sensor is in a poor location and with tinted windows, it sets the amount of brightness on the display during the day frequently wrong so it goes dark, bright, dark, bright...
BMW owners complain about this too as well as other F56 owners. The little light sensor is in a poor location and with tinted windows, it sets the amount of brightness on the display during the day frequently wrong so it goes dark, bright, dark, bright...