I just bought a used 2005 Mini Cooper S (6 spd Manual with supercharger). Vehicle has 40K miles and in imac condition. Driven by a housewife for local driving in Grafenwohr, Germany. Car ran fine during the 3 hr drive back to Stuttgart. I drove the car for 1 day since with no problem. The 3rd day, while going up a bit of a hill, the power cut out to 10% and the EML light came on. Pulled over, turned the car off. Let it rest a minute and then restarted the engine. The EML light did not stay on, however, the Service Light came on. Dash shows 10K miles before next tune-up.

SOURCE: eml on my mini coopers dash board

you have a problem in your emissions and you need to get the code pulled so you can find the problem

SOURCE: What does this warning light mean?

If you have owned the car since new 40K miles is a lot on a set of brake pads, it could be. But to be sure, you might consider a faul code reader as found on the Mini Mania Website: http://new.minimania.com/web/Item/NME4020/InvDetail.cfm

SOURCE: 2006 MINI COOPER WON'T COME OUT OF MANUAL / SPORT DRIVE

Sounds like an transmission control module problem I have seen this and often times just replaced the trans mission control module and found everything working properly again.

SOURCE: 2006 mini overheating

Check for leaks around the Coolant Overflow Reservoir (the yellow bottle in the middle of the firewall.) I had the same problem with over-heating, and replaced the thermostat with no help. I went to the dealer and picked up the Reservoir for $26~, installed it in 5 mins (at work) and haven't had a cooling issue since.

Sean Wright

• 2045 Answers
• Posted on Feb 10, 2010

SOURCE: 2006 Mini Cooper S temperature gauge in red zone

Bad head gasket or cracked head

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