R56 Parade of Icons
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Parade of Icons
Tristan just went ding and showed a parade of icons across the tach, !, brake, DSC, tires at least. Quite disconcerting, and I'm wondering what it means. This happened to us with a hire MINI last year, we never worked out what that meant either. The manual does seem to say anything about parades of icons either. There's no trouble codes stored.
Anyone else seen this, or know what it means? I'll have to talk to the service advisor about this tomorrow.
Anyone else seen this, or know what it means? I'll have to talk to the service advisor about this tomorrow.
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The service advisor thinks it could be the brake fluid is slightly low. It sloshes around a bit and momentarily trips the fluid level sensor. He suggested I check it and top it up if I have any brake fluid, or bring it in if I don't. (I don't.)
The next problem is where is the brake fluid reservior on an 07 Cooper? The manual doesn't mention it as an item to check. Looking under the bonet, there's a little flap over on the right at the back, under that is what looks like a brake fluid reservoir. It is slightly low, but nowhere near what I'd expect the low level to be.
I'll have to take him to the dealer for a top up.
The next problem is where is the brake fluid reservior on an 07 Cooper? The manual doesn't mention it as an item to check. Looking under the bonet, there's a little flap over on the right at the back, under that is what looks like a brake fluid reservoir. It is slightly low, but nowhere near what I'd expect the low level to be.
I'll have to take him to the dealer for a top up.
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I took another look, I'm pretty sure its brake fluid, it says to use "DOT 4" on the cap. Its actually down to the MIN marker, I should keep an eye on that in future.
I was sure I'd checked the brake fluid before, but that must have been on the previous MINIs, where the manual does tell you about it.
I was sure I'd checked the brake fluid before, but that must have been on the previous MINIs, where the manual does tell you about it.
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The problem never happened again, so the brake fluid is seeming probable. The low brake fluid was a bit worrying as I'd just been to a track day, and was going for another in December, so I got a brake flush done to avoid any problems.
At least now I know how to check the brake fluid.
At least now I know how to check the brake fluid.
My MA showed me where the brake fluid reservior and such were during delivery, but obviously that wouldn't help me figure out what a "Parade of Icons" on my dash means
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They also did a quick inspection and the front pads are now in the "May need future attention" column, with 4mm. The condition based service is giving them 6k miles more. If I had a track day coming up I'd be thinking about changing them, but we're taking Shawn to the next one. Interesting the service counter is now counting down to the front brake job when I start him up.
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