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Category: Peugeot Forum

  • Mini Cooper Countryman (136 hp), driving report

    Hello, I’ve been at Motor Talk for a long time but for the first time at Mini. Good day. We think to buy a new Countryman and have therefore made today a test drive with a Cooper with manual transmission. Are already older and the higher sitting position suits us very much. In short, my expectations have been exceeded. Very good handling with front drive. There were 17″ rims with 225 tires mounted, very good road position, nevertheless quite comfortable, had a tight driving But I am used to BMW driver and tight suspension. The automatic air conditioning system is efficient, the parking beepers with display on the display were very loud, but can be quieter. The sports seats are good and should definitely be clean according to the seller. The 3-cylinder engine is surprisingly quiet and gets louder only from 4000 rpm, so I was very positively surprised. The 136 hp are enough for us, mainly short distance and only sometimes longer. But if it is then around the outside arbe goes, it gets tight, for us actually only the standing color moonwalk grey with black roof remains. Red only looks good with the smaller minis, the countryman does not stand in our opinion. So in my opinion too few colors to choose from. Thanks for reading. ciao olderich

  • How long do your brake blocks last and what do you pay for a change?

    Hello, I used my Mini Cooper D with 15,000 KM (Mini Drive Now) from a BMW dealer, beí 24,000 KM had to be replaced all around the blocks, for which I paid a dealer 628 €, incl. sensors and antiquitschpaste. now I drove with it 48,000 KM (75 percent highway, max directional speed) and on the way to work came the hint: “Precautionally driving, brake pads change” I do not know, of course, if now also the B I’m just interested in how often you have to change (blocks / disks) and what you have to pay for it, I’ll get back to you when the work is done and I know what was done and how expensive it was.

  • Control chain defective! Warranty?

    Hello together, have a big problem. And I bought last year a Mini One 95Ps BJ. 2007 from a dealer. Car was picked up by me on November 26th. At first I noticed the strange gas acceptance (delayed, weak) until then I thought I was still ok on the small 1.4L engine. On December 5th then the shock, engine control light goes on (yellow, continuous) From then on I realized, there can be something wrong with the engine. Immediately my dealer notified d Yesterday evening I delivered him there. Before then the call: control chain defect; cost point 1000-150€. He told me on the phone that he does not want to take over the costs, just because it is a wear part. Now my question: is the dealer right if the engine control search light up directly after 9 days (possibly previously deleted from error memory, because the gas intake was defensive from the beginning not normal) If Information is missing, please report Thank you in advance!

  • Mini Connected

    Hello together! I have various questions about Mini Connected and the multimedia menu in the mini itself. Once I did the update of the Mini Connected app on the iPhone a few days ago. I always connect the iPhone to the Y cable. Since the update the Minimalism analyzer no longer works and the new Mission Control is not working either. I always get the message that this only works perfectly via the Snap-In adapter. Now I have today with my BMW-Hän I tried all available adapters, which are available for my iPhone 3gs. In the whole of two pieces. In both cases Mini Connected doesn’t work at all – I couldn’t hear music from the iPhone anyway, because no sound comes over the adapters. With the white cable from Apple the sound doesn’t work either and Mini Connected also brings the message with the Snap In. Well … what to do? By the way: I have the Mini Countryman (04/2011) with the Wired-Packet and the Business Navi. On topic 2: I have i m In the course of these attempts played around in the menu, I think I was in Mini Connected when I found a menu (I think I pushed the joystick to the right at a point) in which I could enter an Internet address (by default there was BMWStart or something in it). I could also save it as a favorite or add it to the address book or load an address from the address book. I then entered testhalber Mini.de at Internet address times, because I thought that you could Go to the Internet. But nothing happened. The Menue had other functions, which are not familiar to me anymore, because I left the Menue because of lack of success, because I wanted to check, why the Minimalism Analyser etc. does not work. Later I wanted to look at this Internet Menu more closely, but find it no longer. Does one of you know such a Menue? What was that? About help and answers to one of the two topics I would be happy!

  • Hidden compartment above the handcuff R57

    Hello, in search of a guide for the installation of a Parrot MKi9100 in the cabrio of my wife I am found on a “hidden compartment” over the glove compartment. unfortunately the instructions for the installation of the radio are all a bit older. Our mini is from 06/2014. Was it saved there? Or am I too stupid to open that. btw. Is there somewhere a current instruction for the installation of a Parrot 9100. Or do you have alternatives? We would like to have a hands-free device and also the possibility of t MP3 to play via USB. Thank you”

  • Mini One R56 Motor Nails

    Dear Mini Friends, I have a problem with my R56 Mini One EZ 2014. He has run the 98 Ps machine and has run 27000 km. For a few months at the cold start a metallic sound appears like a nailing. If the engine is warm nothing to hear… I immediately made myself smart and drove to BMW! 3 times I was already there and there was nothing found! Even a stuer chains test was done and nothing came out. The steering wheel is ok according to BMW. Oil level is natural h was always fine, is checked every 2 weeks. Thank you for your help Lg Bullcomander

  • iPhone5 plugin without function

    Hello together, after I finally got my Ligthning Adapter for my iPhone 5 yesterday, I was full of anticipation that I can now finally use the connected plugin (via Y-cable) from my Mini. Unfortunately this only works partially. The apps “Driving Excitement” etc. work… but the PlugIn can not start so I have no access to the playlist with Coverflow etc. I always get the error message “No plugin capable device” and the “Self-diagnosis tool” doesn’t bring me any further Do you have the same problem? And has anyone already found a solution?? Thank you very much for your help

  • Workshop bill too high?

    So, after I got angry about the workshop last week, now the invoice for the repairs. My mini did not come through the TÜV, the following was criticized: crossbar seals porous, parking brake pulls unevenly, license plate lighting a bulb broken, oil on the covers, KAT wobbles and exhaust-relevant errors in the fault memory. The workshop should therefore proceed according to TÜV report, cost estimate of the workshop was between 200 and 500 €, depending on what the A bgas-relevant error is accurate. Now I get an invoice of almost 1000 € without having informed me the workshop. Mount arm suspension by left 75,61€ Mount arm suspension by right 75,61 € caliper hi. re 202,57 € Brake pads hi 83,29€ Silentblock hi. Silencer hi 36,12 € Replace Silentblock 0.17 h 10,20 € Increased removal/replace Mount arm suspension by li Replace Mount arm suspension by re 2,25 h 135,00 € Brake circuit venting 0.17 h 10,20 € Replace brake caliper hi re 0,67 h 40,20 Repair brake caliper hi li 0,60 h 36,00 € Check cables li. parking brake 0,60 h 36,00 € Check cables re parking brake 0,60 h 36,00 € Providing vehicle 0,17 h 10,20 € Total parts: 473,20 € Working effort: 313,80 € VAT: 149,53 € Can someone please look over and tell me if the prices are OK?

  • “Geisterheulen” at acceleration from approx. 25 km/h

    Moin, as the title already says, since last night (Sunday) after driving through the Ardennes, I have a “ghost howls” out of the engine compartment. From about 25 km/h it appears, from 55 km/h it sounds like it is “egging” and it is getting louder and louder. No matter if I’m in or uncoupled, no matter what speed and no matter what speed I’m currently in, the noise is getting louder and louder the faster I drive, it gets overtaken by the loudness even mejnen engine. An idea what it might be? Remote diagnosis blind is difficult I know. If I drive home today I will record this in the hope you can imagine something below. E: 2003’er R50, petroler / no turbo conversion cooler is new (<2 months) Servo pump & oil also new (<2 months) E2: My backlog has also been giving noises for about 3 weeks, can it be just "just" that? It is always only during the ride.

  • Splash back doesn’t work anymore

    hi, my mini doesn’t work the splash water back since last winter. I thought it was piped in at that time, but unfortunately it’s not like that. 🙁 the spotlight cleaning system and the splash water fore still work. if I activate the splash water for back, then you hear the pump buzzing, but there’s nothing. 🙁 does one of you have any idea what it might be about?