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I just registered for the membership into the Mini Cooper Forum(December 8,2024)
I recently discovered that my right upper engine mount has failed. My car has 43,700 miles. I have a 2015 Mini Cooper S two door coupe, 2L Turbo 4 cylinder, 3rd generation F56.I recently had it in to the dealer for a covered service bulletin repair on the shift selector assembly. At this time they informed me that my upper right motor mount is cracked and leaking fluid. They told me the fix for labor and parts would be $1800. I was very pissed off at that potential solution. The dealer was upset with me for not getting it done at their facility. They really sacred me with the bad outcome of not getting it done now.
I have been doing some research on the parts needed and how to fix it myself. It sounded a bit scary to do myself, so I will take it to my shop to evaluate. The average repair cost for this in my area is about 400 to 500.I felt comfortable that it will be done right.
This is a poor design. It shouldn't fail this soon. I do not abuse my car and it is well maintained. One factor to consider, would be the extremes in the climate for my location.Rubber bushings will fail when the temperatures go from a humid 90 plus to below zero. My car is in a climate controlled area.
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We have a list of parts (much lower cost then Genuine MINI) and DIYs here. Most people have replaced them and then upgraded to the poly inserts (powerflex) to reduce the amount of movement. If you have done the mount i would get and insert these. https://www.ecstuning.com/b-powerfle...pff5-1321~pfx/ DIY linked below.
The GP3 design mount tends to be the most robust. With these DIYs you can do it yourself or take it to a local euro shop and save $$$. Most of the euro shops use us for parts and then use these forum posts to do the job and reduce the labor hours on the car due to our found shortcuts.
2016 F55, B38 3 Cylinder, 6MT. Around 60,000 Miles, 7 years, mine failed last year. Indy shop charged around $900 because they didn't have to disconnect the AC lines, only remove the clamps. Dealer will usually charge $1500-1800 because the service manual calls for removing the AC lines. Although you may have to in the S model since it's a lot tighter space.
Only significant repair I've had in over 60,000 miles since I bought it used almost 2-1/2 years ago.
I agree, that at minimum you should be reimbursed the cost of the faulty part and maybe some of the labor. Engine mounts to an extent are wear items, but they shouldn't fail before 10 years or 100k miles.
They also should send very owner a tank vent valve. Those will almost always fail within 100k. Take 5 minutes to diagnose and change out.
For anyone considering going the DIY route, I was able to very easily replace the mount in mine and it only cost me the price of the mount plus the replacement bolts and poly inserts (~ $250 USD.).
Mind you, this was in a 1.5l so I can't speak on the 2.0.
All the guides I could find online suggest taking out the headlight, but I circumvented that by allowing the engine to lower a little bit, and wiggling the mount through the space created. A bit tight but not impossible. Took me just a little over an hour to complete.
2020 MINI Convertible. Kept in garage and has 24K miles. Brought it to MIDAS for an oil change and was told one engine/transmission mount was broken and the others were starting to go as well and all should be changed. I called the dealership in Greenville and was told "it's probably just the right mount - we've seen a lot of those. $1,300 for that one.' I asked how much if it was all of them like MIDAS suggested and was quoted $3,000.
Ten months ago I had the same dealership change my oil and this was never mentioned, just that I should be $200+ extra dollars to change both filters. I declined. MIDAS checked the filters and said they have plenty of life left.
If it's the 3K that is required I will be selling the car instead of fixing it. Poor manufacturing, should be a recall and each time I brought it up to the service manager he kept denying all of them needed to be changed and never answered my questions/concerns.
I would not take your MINI to Midas, find a local euro shop and show them our links. Also those quick oil change places are not the best at oil changes as they do more harm then good.
$3,000 is what the MINI dealership quoted. MIDAS said they don't do that work, just were letting me know. I go to my MIDAS because I trust them and their oil changes are %40 cheaper than the overpriced MINI dealership.
motor mounts suck
