The National Highway Traffic Safety Association (NHTSA) announced that it has launched a preliminary inquiry into the Mini Cooper S from 2007-2008MY to engine fires.
In a posting on its Web site, NHTSA said it received 12 complaints of engine compartment fires in the affected models.
Eight of the owners claim that the fire started in the engine compartment when cars were parked and the key is removed, while the five complaints, said the Mini flames risk investments and transactions as a result of the vehicle a total loss.
If research leads to NHTSA recall affects about 36 000 cars sold in the U.S. So far, there is no injury or death associated with fires.
Monday, October 17, 2011
NHTSA Investigates Complaints Of Engine Fire 36,000 Mini Cooper S Models
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