[Balypu]

I picked up my new MCS about two weeks ago on the Friday. On the Sunday morning I was giving the car a wash and noticed a small dint in the hood. By this point all I had done was 50 miles and 30 of them was back from the dealer. Nothing had hit the car and I had not had the hood up. I called the mini dealer in hull UK on the Monday to tell them. They stated they would be in touch. Bt Thursday I went in to pick up a part I ordered and brought up the dint again and again was told they would be in touch. Today just under a week later I called again and it was obvious they were never going to call me, but again they said they would get onto the dint man and call me back. Nothing, no call. I am not impressed, I know it is only a small dint but on a brand new car it is annoying, and it seems that mini hull don't want to do anything about it. I am half tempted to take it to my local dint man who would do it for around £60 but am worried that if I do that it will void the paint warranty.

 

[Evlkarl]

Sorry to hear I do not know anything about Warranty in the UK but them small Dents pop right out and it should look like it never was there in the 1st Place. My Neighbor is a Body Guru and he does it all the time even on Cars over 200K.

This one might be a bit harder to polish out.

It is never Dull in Hull sorry could not help myself.

 

[02fanatic]

Sorry to hear...something like that happening to me when I order my new MINI is one of my worst fears about buying new! One good thing about driving a used car with some imperfections is you don't worry so much about where you park it, etc!


But, brand new-with a flaw, they should be all over that. Be persistent, but firm & polite...and I'm sure they will make it proper for you.


Good luck,


John

 

[Balypu]

Well still no news about removing the dint, but because it is Easter I am giving them a bit more time but by Tuesday of next week I am going to my dint man and getting the JCW kit from another dealer

 

[caveman dave]

Mmm MINI Hull, that will be Stratstones then, if it's any consolation, their customer service is the same in every other dealership they run, second to everybody else.

 

[Balypu]

Up date on my dint. They removed it after a lot of calls, it is like it was never there. All good now - side sun vizor fitted by myself! Now i need to decide if i should go ahead with the JCW upgrade. I want the remap under warranty but don't like the fact that the JCW exhaust is not road legal in the UK, with the valve open. So when can you use it? on a track maybe but they have sound level restrictions in the UK. It would be nice if Mini offered a JCW upgrade that was completely road legal in the UK.

 

[opal]

Up date on my dint. They removed it after a lot of calls, it is like it was never there. All good now - side sun vizor fitted by myself! Now i need to decide if i should go ahead with the JCW upgrade. I want the remap under warranty but don't like the fact that the JCW exhaust is not road legal in the UK, with the valve open. So when can you use it? on a track maybe but they have sound level restrictions in the UK. It would be nice if Mini offered a JCW upgrade that was completely road legal in the UK.

Glad the dint has gone. I have seen lots of new Minis in dealer showrooms with dinted bonnets due to customers trying to shut the bonnets by pushing down on the bonnet springs rather than dropping the bonnet from about 12".


The bonnets on Minis seem very prone to denting. something to do with safety regulations which say something like 'if you're unfortunate enough to hit a pedestrian, they should be able to get up laughing'.

 

[kenl]

Lots of new MINIs with dented bonnets (hoods) - really?

I am kind of glad that the fancy exhaust is illegal. But then the roads are full of cars and bikes that are deafening (near my house on a Sunday) and the police don't seem to be bothered in the slightest!

 

[opal]

Lots of new MINIs with dented bonnets (hoods) - really?

Yes really Ive spotted several. If i'm passing a Mini dealers I tend to pop in. I spotted one or two with dents in the bonnet/hood and now tend to look at them all! It must be a sort of dent OCD coming on!

 

[kenl]

Wow! I am glad that I know to drop it and not try to push it shut.

 

[PAMini]

They told me when I bought mine not to push down hard. They designed it to give way if you do hit a pedestrian the whole design was engineered to flip you onto the hood instead of under the car. I guess that is .... better? Not sure there is a good way to get hit by a car.

 

[Evlkarl]

Pedestrians should stay on the Sidewalk I do not need any Dents in my new Mini.

 

[39434]

Wish I knew this. Just put a dent in my 1 week old 2017 F56S. You think they would put a warning sticker right when you pop the hood considering how common this is.

 

[jeremybingham]

Funny that Falnano i woke up thinking the exact same thing. Mini bonnets are very soft and thin to protect pedestrians for the latest tests and also pop up if hit with pyrotechnics-hit and animal and it could be very pricey! GRRRR to stupid regs-really-hit a car you're not going to be well=speed is my personal gripe in towns and cities-that's where the cameras should be but hey ho. It is what is is-given the bonnet open warning appears on opening a message on the screen and a big sticker under there would be a BRILLIANT idea-drop don't push!

 

[Jordan]

Wish I knew this. Just put a dent in my 1 week old 2017 F56S. You think they would put a warning sticker right when you pop the hood considering how common this is.

im confused how your car can be 2017..

 

[Wing Co]

My wife's has 4 very small dents in the bonnet from conkers falling off trees as she was driving by on one day!

 

[jeremybingham]

That is awful; shows how soft they are; here in the uk we have some excellent paintless dent repair people-around lincoln Dent devil dave is the man-a true genius-he took a dint out of our duster in minutes. We also had a mini done by a nottingham firm dentwizard, also brilliant-took longer as there was no access to the inside so it had to be eased out bit by bit rather than pushed out! Most car dealerships have one-trouble is they're so in demand it's hard to get them to come to you; i actually offered to take my car to where they were working but eventually got it done at home!

 

[hotrunner]

im confused how your car can be 2017..

Mini Oxford production plant, their model change-rover started
~ July 15, 2016 for '2017' Production Models.

 

[39434]

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[mikeswagon]

Glad the dint has gone. I have seen lots of new Minis in dealer showrooms with dinted bonnets due to customers trying to shut the bonnets by pushing down on the bonnet springs rather than dropping the bonnet from about 12".


The bonnets on Minis seem very prone to denting. something to do with safety regulations which say something like 'if you're unfortunate enough to hit a pedestrian, they should be able to get up laughing'.

Yes really Ive spotted several. If i'm passing a Mini dealers I tend to pop in. I spotted one or two with dents in the bonnet/hood and now tend to look at them all! It must be a sort of dent OCD coming on!

This made me chuckle, 'lots' suggests hundreds, 'several' suggests a few. I've spent a lot of time in my local dealers and haven't seen this once, then again I don't think I've ever seen any of the bonnets open.


I wonder what cars you guys are coming from previously, for as long as I can remember now my bonnets have been closed by dropping from a few inches. It should definitely be one of the things them spell out when you collect the car, although it's the kind of fact that gets lost when cars are sold on etc.


If some idiot stepped out in front of me, and dented my bonnet I would most likely inflict more damage than the car