I hate to leave bad reviews, but wow we had a negative experience here. We have a 2016 Mini Countryman that we brought in with an "Engine Malfunction" warning. They had us replace: 1. The solenoids 2. The timing chain (despite only having ~35k miles on it) 3. The tubocharger and several other repairs for a total cost of >10k. The turbocharger, when I asked to inspect it, had no visible damage, but they insisted that it was somehow broken. Finally, my wife was unable to get up to highway speeds due to the vehicle going into limp mode and nearly got into several bad accidents (they also broke the tire pressure monitoring). I called them up to ask what the hell was going on as we could've replaced the engine, and the head mechanic said they'd file a report with Mini--that was in December 2022. It's now March and we've heard nothing back from them. It's hard to know if they were just bilking us for repairs or if the repairs were legitimately needed. In any case, handing them $10k in repairs did nothing to fix our problems, and they made specific commitments to help and never got back to us. I would avoid this place in the future--I don't feel like they're very trustworthy.
Hello Josiah, We are very sorry about your experience. We have done everything we said we were going to do during our 2 year relationship. We did call Mini Cooper, they were unwilling to help us. Replacing the engine will not fix your issues with the turbocharger, timing or drive-belt rollers. We feel bad that your car has cost you a lot of money, we feel like your frustration is really with Mini Cooper of America. We are sad that we are taking the 1 star rating instead of them.
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