PSA: Recall for HV Battery

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Rexsio said:
As your dealer went through complicated diagnostic are they be doing that 61-02-24 recall to every SE as my dealer only updated 61-06-24 software how your dealer went so far on that approach is really required for any safety reasons? As nobody knows which SE have a water penetration issues to HV battery’s
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MINI and the NHSTA know (or at least think they know) which SEs may have batteries prone to water intrusion. It is only a very limited subset (n=145 total); hence, not all are subject to that recall.
 
CuriousGeorge said:
MINI and the NHSTA know (or at least think they know) which SEs may have batteries prone to water intrusion. It is only a very limited subset (n=145 total); hence, not all are subject to that recall.
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As you know as production’s of a car on assembly line nobody knows what they installing on a car you have a part as a worker and you put on a car just my statement working on assembling line for 2 years in 70 ties assembling a Fiat cars BMW have no way to follow or trace a BAD batteries and their statement they saying 145 total bad is a joke tell me if my is bad or yours ? And call me as I keep a car in my under house garage if I’m exposed to any danger and so far SE is doing good compare to different brands If mini SE knows my HV is no good take a crub from my garage as their statement is a joke .If you know is 145 cars infected as Covid remove those cars from people possession this is JOKE to advertise those numbers.I love my SE anyway as I think I can escape any disaster from car
 
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What they say here: https://www.autoevolution.com/pdf/n...attery-damage-from-water-intrusion-233332.pdf is that 128 cars over a 2-year production window have a 10% chance of water intrusion. They identified the cars by reviewing vehicle manufacturing and component assembly data. I'm thinking it was one person on the night shift who screwed up, and if he/she was on battery assembly that day, the car's owner got the recall. I also had the impression that mine might have been the first that they did at my dealer. So, not a common thing, thankfully.
 
EricJ said:
What they say here: https://www.autoevolution.com/pdf/n...attery-damage-from-water-intrusion-233332.pdf is that 128 cars over a 2-year production window have a 10% chance of water intrusion. They identified the cars by reviewing vehicle manufacturing and component assembly data. I'm thinking it was one person on the night shift who screwed up, and if he/she was on battery assembly that day, the car's owner got the recall. I also had the impression that mine might have been the first that they did at my dealer. So, not a common thing, thankfully.
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I suspect the integrity test will apply to all
Cars soon followed by some reseal campaign. Similar issue is going on at Porsche
 
Rexsio said:
As you know as production’s of a car on assembly line nobody knows what they installing on a car you have a part as a worker and you put on a car just my statement working on assembling line for 2 years in 70 ties assembling a Fiat cars BMW have no way to follow or trace a BAD batteries and their statement they saying 145 total bad is a joke tell me if my is bad or yours ? And call me as I keep a car in my under house garage if I’m exposed to any danger and so far SE is doing good compare to different brands If mini SE knows my HV is no good take a crub from my garage as their statement is a joke .If you know is 145 cars infected as Covid remove those cars from people possession this is JOKE to advertise those numbers.I love my SE anyway as I think I can escape any disaster from car
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except this isnt the 1970s anymore

They know which cars have could have problem packs easily. Parts are scanned in with QR codes and kept track of during assembly and assigned to which unit/vin. It works with seats, option packages , engines and gearboxes. Car comes down the line with a build sheet, that is scanned and corresponding parts are scanned to make sure they are indeed correct. If not the line stops automatically. Parts for that days work are all scanned in as well. Then shipped via automated trolly to the work station. I bet they would track a batch of screws back to an assembly day.

I was just at a Plant Oxford a few days ago for the 3rd time. So while it could take awhile to find the source of the problem. Finding which cars were built with problem parts is not that hard.
 
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EricJ said:
1.) Software update recall is 61-06-24. Lost my radio button settings but appear to have an updated map and assume whatever battery management changes were made.
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Relative to what was loaded from the factory in my '23 SE, the recall software update I had done last week updated:
  • BDC (body domain controller)
  • ENAVEVO (radio head unit)
  • KOMBSP18 (instrument cluster)
  • SME_I1 (battery management electronics)
That last one is the recall money shot; the others are just normal updates, I think.
 
fishbert said:
Relative to what was loaded from the factory in my '23 SE, the recall software update I had done last week updated:
  • BDC (body domain controller)
  • ENAVEVO (radio head unit)
  • KOMBSP18 (instrument cluster)
  • SME_I1 (battery management electronics)
That last one is the recall money shot; the others are just normal updates, I think.
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I had my '22 SE in for the traction battery recall recently. Dealer kept the car overnight, but paid for an Uber for a round trip to haul me home again and back to the dealership for pick-up.
Anyway, the software update was done, but now strangely the portion of the MINI SE app on my Android phone refuses to "remember" any vehicle charging events and details, so now it is impossible to see charging statistics. I followed the customer service advice to reset the car's communication, but no bingo from that. Anybody else experience this (and possible, a working solution to the problem)?
 
Texas22Step said:
I had my '22 SE in for the traction battery recall recently. Dealer kept the car overnight, but paid for an Uber for a round trip to haul me home again and back to the dealership for pick-up.
Anyway, the software update was done, but now strangely the portion of the MINI SE app on my Android phone refuses to "remember" any vehicle charging events and details, so now it is impossible to see charging statistics. I followed the customer service advice to reset the car's communication, but no bingo from that. Anybody else experience this (and possible, a working solution to the problem)?
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My dealer "fireproofed" my SE last month. Past months' and this month's stats are still displayable. Is charging statistics one of the MINI Connected services that may go away 4 years after delivery? My SE was delivered more than 4 years ago, but the stats are there.

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Texas22Step said:
I had my '22 SE in for the traction battery recall recently. Dealer kept the car overnight, but paid for an Uber for a round trip to haul me home again and back to the dealership for pick-up.
Anyway, the software update was done, but now strangely the portion of the MINI SE app on my Android phone refuses to "remember" any vehicle charging events and details, so now it is impossible to see charging statistics. I followed the customer service advice to reset the car's communication, but no bingo from that. Anybody else experience this (and possible, a working solution to the problem)?
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No problems for me (also on Android).
 
insightman said:
My dealer "fireproofed" my SE last month. Past months' and this month's stats are still displayable. Is charging statistics one of the MINI Connected services that may go away 4 years after delivery? My SE was delivered more than 4 years ago, but the stats are there.

My '22 SE is just now 3 years after delivery, so any MINI Connected services that go away after 4 years (even if that includes the charging events, which I don't think it does) shouldn't affect my SE and the app. Still a mystery. Can't seem to get effective help from MINI customer service or the local dealer either, so will continue to hope that someone else on the forum has a fix to this problem I am experiencing. Really strange, as nothing else in the app seems to be affected. (However, this problem (however annoying) is still minor in the great scheme of things.)
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Texas22Step said:
I had my '22 SE in for the traction battery recall recently. Dealer kept the car overnight, but paid for an Uber for a round trip to haul me home again and back to the dealership for pick-up.
Anyway, the software update was done, but now strangely the portion of the MINI SE app on my Android phone refuses to "remember" any vehicle charging events and details, so now it is impossible to see charging statistics. I followed the customer service advice to reset the car's communication, but no bingo from that. Anybody else experience this (and possible, a working solution to the problem)?
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I posted about this. They have to update the communication software at the dealer... again... to fix this problem. It will not fix it self.
 
Received the notice yesterday. Really hoping they will be flexible and make a home visit to apply the software. Otherwise we have to find time and fly out just for this recall. Our SE is at a condo out of state... @ 40% SoC
 
My 2-D HT SE built in 2022, but as a 2023 is in the recall- I'm personally very concerned about the limittions of BMW's plan to mitigate/pacify/push-down-the-road the thermal event issue. This sounds like a thermal event may still be a possibility, but just of smaller scale. I transport young children in car seats in the backseat. Getting children out of carseats when not in panicmode is time-consuming. I can't imagine having to do this under duress of a thermal event with warning signals flashing. And then they expect owners to drive it to your dealer in this event - No way!
 
My SE is back, with the battery recall update. Service couldn't find any details about how the change works, other than it doesn't affect normal operation but if certain fault conditions are detected it will discharge the battery to 30%. Service advisor said it's supposed to discharge quickly, but we couldn't figure out how. Maybe the car will run A/C and heat at full tilt or something?
 
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