gearbox problems

Patrick Coene <coenepatrick.DeleteThis@telenet.be> wrote:
: hello,
: 4 weeks ago I have bought a second hand Mini One 2001 with 35.000km .
: Sunday I wanted to put the car in the garage and in revearse gear it made a
: strange noise,
: like something was knocking at the bottom of the car.
: We drove it to a Mini dealer and the verdict was a new gearbox !
: Is this normal for 35.000km, I knew the former owner personnaly , it was
: used as a second car by his wife.
: Is this a common problem with Mini's from the first generation.
: Best Regards.
: Patrick

Mine went out at around 51k miles and was replaced under warranty.
I have heard of one or two other cases too, but not at such a low
mileage count as yours.

--
73 Chris Cox N0UK, G4JEC, ex-AB0CN, ex-G8PTC RNARS #1157 EN34jv33

WWW Home Page: http://WWW.Chris.Org/ http://www.pingjockey.net
Cultural observation:
Europeans think 100 miles is a long way;
Americans think 100 years is a long time!
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> Patrick Coene <coenepatrick RemoveThis @telenet.be> wrote:
> : hello,
> : 4 weeks ago I have bought a second hand Mini One 2001 with 35.000km .
> : Sunday I wanted to put the car in the garage and in revearse gear it
> made a
> : strange noise,
> : like something was knocking at the bottom of the car.
> : We drove it to a Mini dealer and the verdict was a new gearbox !
> : Is this normal for 35.000km, I knew the former owner personnaly , it was
> : used as a second car by his wife.
> : Is this a common problem with Mini's from the first generation.
> : Best Regards.
> : Patrick
>
> Mine went out at around 51k miles and was replaced under warranty.
> I have heard of one or two other cases too, but not at such a low
> mileage count as yours.
>
> --
> 73 Chris Cox N0UK, G4JEC, ex-AB0CN, ex-G8PTC RNARS #1157 EN34jv33
>
> WWW Home Page: http://WWW.Chris.Org/ http://www.pingjockey.net
> Cultural observation:
> Europeans think 100 miles is a long way;
> Americans think 100 years is a long time!

My Friends cooper had a defective gearbox last year at 41K, after some
heated phone calls and arguments with the dealer who refused to even
acknowledge the model had a gearbox issue, it was replaced by the extended
warranty company, but with a rebuilt unit not new....

Obviously they are masters of abdication of responsibility, and experts at
customer retention ????

my friend has since sold the car..

Fitzy
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