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Timing chain
okyourway, 06/14/2010
2007 MINI Cooper S 2dr Hatchback (1.6L 4cyl Turbo 6M)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
I love my car but it started knocking when I started the engine, and the service light was on. I have had it almost 3 years. I was dismayed to find they needed to replace the timing chain. They said they "upgraded it." With the amount of money I spent on the car, why would they need to upgrade anything? I'm trying to sort things out before I give up the car I really love to call my own.
Sell it before the warranty runs out
iautox1, 12/19/2011
2007 MINI Cooper S 2dr Hatchback (1.6L 4cyl Turbo 6M)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
MINI had and had multiple defects that it will not fix. Bad automatic transmissions. Bad clutches. Bad vacuum pumps that can cause the need for a complete engine review. And the problems I've had: death rattle dieseling. It's a noise the engine makes on start up. You can find countless posts on Mini forums on this issue. The noise is a symtom of the timing chain and tensioner failing. It usually just costs $1,550 to fix, but the change can jump timing or break causing the valves to contact the pistons and the need for a $8,000 engine replacement. My was replaced at 20,000 miles and now again at under 70,000 miles. It began making noise right after it was replaced the first time.
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2007 Mini Cooper S aluminum block
Nelson, 04/01/2010
2007 MINI Cooper S 2dr Hatchback (1.6L 4cyl Turbo 6M)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
My daughter bought me this car because I am poor. With this car, I am poorer. Plus, the local mechanic can't fix it and the dealer is two hours away. In fact, I took it to the dealer for cold start problems, and they could not fix it or even find the problem. Either fuel pump or carbon on valves. How can a car with less than 50,000 miles have carbon build up? And this is evidently common, perhaps a congenital defect. Also the normal maintenance, for example, the tires, is every 25,000 miles and costs $800 for horrid run flats. This car is not for one without disposable income and need for reliability.
Fast at a price
Dan, 05/21/2017
2007 MINI Cooper S 2dr Hatchback (1.6L 4cyl Turbo 6M)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
Best sporty car in a budget. It handles like a go kart with a sport mode and a turbo charged engine. The car takes off like a rocket and is really fast. Around 100,000 miles the entire engine was rebuilt and that was not cheap.
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I like it... when it works.
moosamabob, 09/06/2013
2007 MINI Cooper S 2dr Hatchback (1.6L 4cyl Turbo 6M)
9 of 11 people found this review helpful
Bought the car used with all the bells and whistles of 2007. Except for a reliable engine. While everything looked great on paper, it just doesn't deliver on the reliability front. B/t 70k and 80k miles, it's been in the shop for the timing chain, high pressure fuel pump, exhaust manifold, and the oil filter housing, each of which cost at least $1000. Plus other misc repairs. In all I've dumped $2300 into it since I got it a year ago. Thankfully I bought a warranty, doesn't cover everything though. On top of this, it has a very harsh suspension w/ the 17" rims, it's pretty noisy inside, it consumes way too much oil, everything for it is expensive, and it's entirely a pain to own. Not happy.