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BMW Mini Cooper Engine Defect Class Action Lawsuit
By Mike Holter
A proposed class action lawsuit says BMW of North America LLC concealed an engine defect in some of its 2007-2009 Mini Coopers that causes the cars to suddenly quit without warning.
Plaintiffs in the Mini Cooper class action lawsuit claim BMW has known about the alleged engine defect since 2008, but failed to disclose this information in an attempt to avoid the cost of repair and, instead, “unfairly shift the cost of repairs to Class Members.”
The class action lawsuit says vehicle owners have paid thousands of dollars in repair and replacement costs. More importantly, though, is that the alleged engine defect places drivers and their occupants at an unreasonable risk for harm. The class action details numerous complaints submitted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration from motorists who say they narrowly avoided accidents when their Mini Coopers suddenly quit in the middle of traffic.
Plaintiffs Joshua Skeen and Laurie Freeman say that despite knowing about the problem since at least January 2008, when BMW issued a technical service bulletin addressing the defect, the car marker still hasn’t recalled the vehicles to repair the defect or offered to reimburse Class Members to pay their repair costs.
Skeen and Freeman are seeking to represent a proposed class of all persons in the U.S. who currently or previously owned or leased a model year 2007 through 2009 Mini Cooper Hardtop or 2008-2009 Mini Cooper Clubman with an N12 or N14 engine and paid to repair or replace any engine components as a result of a defect in the timing chain tensioner.
The proposed class action lawsuit is the latest in a string of cases filed against BMW alleging a litany of alleged defects in it Mini Cooper vehicles. The German car maker has been hit with at least two class action lawsuits over allegedly defective Mini Cooper transmissions, as well as a complaint alleging 2002-2009 Minis have defective steering systems that make them “virtually uncontrollable in traffic.”
The BMW Mini Cooper Engine Defect Class Action Lawsuit case is Joshua Skeen, et al. v. BMW of North America LLC, Case No. 13-cv-01531, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
The plaintiffs are represented by William J. Pinilis of PinilisHalpern LLP, Raymond P. Boucher of the Law Office of Raymond P. Boucher, Paul R. Kiesel, Jeffrey A. Koncius and Maria L. Weitz of Kiesel + Larson LLP and David Markun of Markun Zusman Compton LLP.
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UPDATE 2: On July 26, 2016, a federal judge granted final approval of BMW’s $30 million Mini Cooper class action settlement.
UPDATE: The BMW Mini Cooper Class Action Settlement is now open! Click here to file a Claim Form!
Engine blew on 2008 mini Cooper clubman R55
Just paid off my 2007 Mini Cooper guess what engine died.
How do we file the claim to get it fixed? Or reimbursed?