Keep the case studies and lessons coming Keith. I really enjoy seeing your process.

perfect diagnosis. i stumbled across this video as I have the identical problem. i made it to knowing the overload protection relay control was at fault. you finished the rest for me. thanks!! you saved me some time. thank you for sharing your diagnosis.

Amazing Detective work Keith.. Love the step by step thinking process. 🤔😎 Just fun to watch a master at work. 😃

One of Ivan's first few videos was of him on a house call to diag a fishtank Mini! Nice diag and explanation Keith. Thanks!

This video has probably saved many thousands of dollars/pounds. Thank you sir

Gotta luv those Michael Phelps modules that type of problem seems to be becoming a common thing across a lot of different vehicles

Keith, I love that you make videos after diagnosing the problem. We're all busy too and appreciate being able to consume as much of this content as quickly as possible. Keep up the great work, and feel free to let the sarcasm fly - very entertaining.

Thank you Keith. Good job. I appreciate your videos.

Some mechanics are just beat bags but this guy earns his labor money 💵 good to see there are still honest to god mechanics out there

I completely agree with you re German designs, features, etc.When they get it right, its very right, when they get it wrong, it sucks.

Great video as always. Gotta love the mini coopers

Yep, same thing here. Pin 3 on X11002 (always, why?) corroded thru and the pin is now in the connector so junction box cannot give a ground signal to the control side of the relay. I manually give it a ground signal and the car runs. Being that it is Friday evening and nothing to lose, I opened up the JB and soldered a wire on to the pin 3 on the circuit board and bypassed the connector. Now that wire still does not give a ground signal! Water has done more damage than just corroding the pin. Next is to try reprogramming the JB and see but I don't have much hope.

Great video. I deal with Mini's a lot. They are notorious for water leaking into the cabin and wreaking havoc.

Thank you so much for producing this awesome video,lifesaver,,,,🙂,please post more, well appreciated, Bless 😇

You are an electronic wizard.

German fish bowl....I love it! Perfect description. Thanks for the video.

Keith, get them to remove the a pillar trims and check the sunroof drains. They are almost always detached. Get them to check both side sunroof drains. I've had 2 of these cars this year with the same problem. Sometimes you can get the same water intrusion on the left side and have frm damage too.

VERY GOOD, BUT DONT BE FOOLED WITH RPM READINGS AS THESE ENGINES CAN GENERATE RPM WITH THE CAM SIGNAL...IT WILL BE DELAYED BUT IVE SEEN IT WITH THE CRANK UNPLUGGED. JUST AN FYI :)

Nice work detective!

Good stuff!

Nice work keith

sun roof leaks when tube disconnects in the sun roof. The rain water then leaks onto headliner and then down through the a-piller onto electronics hidden in both kick panels.

Hi have mini Cooper no probs at the moment but great info for future you never know.good content thanks.

Informative video. Well done 👍

Hi Keith, had same issue, car was sitting in heavy rain for a few days, turned over but no spark. Removed the 11002 as you did here to check and now, after replacing it (it was fine) my remote key won't open and close the door, the petrol gauge shows empty (it has half a tank) and I even saw, what I think is, the immobilizer warning come on! Any ideas? Is there a step missing from the video where you reset something perhaps after taking this plug out and replacing it?

German Fishtank 😄👍. That’s my daily work and brings me my money.

Great video brother : )

Keith, How do I bypass the relay in order to make it start? I may have missed that part when watching the video.

Some useful info here, thanks! Honestly I would probably stuff a crumpled up newspaper behind it so it absorbs water instead of the wicking down to to fusebox. Then on to the 58 other problems one tends to have with a 2012 Mini Cooper. I l know this personally! :O. For me it just never ends.....never had a car leave me stranded and rolling around pounding the ground with my fists in frustration. I have yelled profanities never heard before by the ears of man. Haha.

Just find the corrosion. 😁 Thanks Keith! 👍

Glad I've seen your video. Having trouble with our mini. Turns over but wont start. Common to your video is that while parked, the floor board was after a big rain. Found liner wet on psg side and a path of water drops down pillar that goes right to fuse box. Don't know how in the heck that much water got into the cab. After removing water from floor, it is STILL dripping from under car.

Keith - Ran into the same issue. corrosion on the bottom two connectors - does this always mean JBE is done? want to be sure before i buy a new one.

Can you please tell me which relay 1-4 is the starter relay on 2003 mini regular automatic?

Yo my mini wont crank and the pedle icon keeps poping up when i try to start my mini do you have any advice to diagnose the issue?

What would u suggest to check on an 09 thats blowing the f49 fuse when the start button is pressed

Brother what state are you in? I'm in California need help with an 2007 crank but no start R56 Mini Cooper. If you're not in so cal is there anyone you recommend? Ty

Italian/German design, French engine and electrics, nailed together in the Uk at a premium price but build down to a cost, what could go wrong

Great video

Hi bud, one thing strange i noticed when key off the 12v control goes at ground??? Safety!!

Please let us know if you find the source of the water intrusion

I have power to my green wire. What should I do now check spark???

Hi! I have an R60 2011 Countryman S. I have no spark and no start. Engine cranks but that’s it. I located the junction box and found that the two connectors at the bottom had water intrusion so I replaced the entire junction box with the same serial number part. I’m still having the same issue. I stopped by the Mini Cooper Dealer and they said if I replace anything electrical I have to have the whole computer reprogrammed by them. Is this true? After you replaced the junction box did you need to reset or reprogram anything?

The Mini must be where Chrysler took engineering cues from, when designing the PT Cruiser ... 😬

Hi just saw your video and I'm having the same problem except the lights on the dashboard won't even come on and tye windows are slowly rolling down whenever I open the door

Nice info sir! Now question is does the junction box need to be completely replaced just for that? And what would changing the terminal do? Avoid contact of the wires? Now if im selling the car can i get away with bypassing the relay under the hood? Any advice will be much much appreciated! Subscribed!

I’m having a problem with my mini 2013 countryman s the battery is only 3 months old I had to get something more reliable picked up a corolla anyhow I just went a few ways without starting the mini I go start it one day no dash lights when I insert the key the interior lights are still on I’m not sure what’s the problem

Great find! I agree, the minis I've worked on, all had electrical issues due to water intrusion. EVERY one. Is it common among German cars? IDK. I try to shoo them away... lol Not enough info available for them, at least in my case. Speaking of lack of info.... terrific job finding the fault, even with the lack of info!!

Excellent

Great find Keith, maybe the water snuck in after the windshield drain got clogged? 🤔

Mine did this, new battery and all good 😀

Been having water intrusion on minis since the 60's lol . didn't matter so much back then as car not full of electronics and junction boxes :-) BMW had water ingress in kicker panel for most of it's production run, just ridiculous really .

So you seem to be liking the auto logic, is it like alot of oe programs, meaning 1 laptop per, at least that's how I've always been told, I was also curious what if someone just used portable hard drives would that be ok, being just now trying to get out my shop and start doing diagnostics on the go.

Good video Keith. Did you say your replacing the junction box. I would assume for corrosion on the opposite terminals and damage you cant see till you remove it. ❤

Anyone know of a video to remove and replace this junction box?

Hi, I have a problem with my Mini Cooper s r56 not start. The mini was on taking it out of the garage when it suddenly turned off. The first Scanner have these codes: 2781 2775 2D52 *2DCA* 275F 272F I changed 4 spark plugs, 4 coils, the Camshaft Position Sensor and a new battery. But it did not turn on, now it is giving these codes: 005E31 009314 *00A0B4* 00932D 009CB5 I deleted them and it only gives me this code: ( A0B4 ) The mini starter good but not start. I try the new battery and it says it's ok, but when I test the battery with the terminals mounted on the Mini Cooper it says it's bad I don’t now why. I also reset the new battery in the mini system with the scanner but nothing. Honestly, this situation is driving me crazy since the mini is in the garage and I need to get it out to get a jeep behind it. If I take out the mini I won't be able to enter it again because the garage is elevated. What do you think?

the green crusties strike again! good diag Sensei!

Briliant as usual Keith. "Snap-On version of a Fiat"? WTF does that mean hahaha

I am a Chevy guy but bought a Mini for work ...I love the car ... very fun to drive, built very well .. no need to dog it and compare it to a Fiat.

New junction box ?!!! BIG $$$ !!!

Cute cars, but they leak from the sun roof down both pillar A and pillar B. In the long run, sun roofs are rarely worth it.

Could it be coming in from the air intake for the HVAC inlet, that gets full of debris and drips in at the most inopportune time/place/general area??

wonder why they put fuse box in there .thank for sharing

I have a '14 countryman s that won't crank/start. Getting codes P15B8,P15B9,P15C8,P15C9. Suggestions on what it could be?

New subscriber here sir! 😁😁. I'm intrigued who's keith that Eric O. Keep on mentioning on his videos.. hehe

Perfect

Back in the day, mid nineties I guess, when customers used to ask for a recommendation of what brand of vehicle I'd buy for myself, I used to tell them they'd be safe with anything German of Japanese. Now, when they ask, I just recommend something Japanese (except Nissan). All the German manufacturers are trading on the reputation the deservedly built up in the 80s and 90s for building a quality product. However, now, most of their models have at least one inbuilt flaw, which is usually crazy expensive to correct.

thank you very cood

Exact same thing happened to mine but worse. You replaced the whole junction box or cleaned all the pins in the box?

I’m now having the same issue, it cranks over but doesn’t start, I checked everything that you did and no fix, any recommendations?

amigo puede ayudarme😢 con mi minicooper es que no prende ya lo lleve a tres talleres Y No Saben que es

Euro cars = teabags with wheels, I love it, green is my favourite colour 👍

I betcha this mini has a sun roof and the drain plug is clogged. This causes water to enter the interior of the vehicle. One area to be affected is the junction box. You mentioned weeping down a wire and that is the clue.

Hello Friend! I'm a mechanic in Brazil. I would like to count on your help with MineCooper. I have a Mine Cooper in the Garage that doesn't start the game. I scanned the scanner, cleared the faults, and nothing happened. As we do not have a lot of technical information about this vehicle, we are unable to protect it. Can you help me?

Went to a car wash car wouldn’t run next day. This makes sense… checking now

Just don’t try and drive it when it’s raining out....

Keith where do you get terminals for all these different vehicles?

Water is probably coming from the drain for the sunroof.

Second time watching 5/12/2020

This is caused by the weather stripping around the derange rail from the windshield I know these problem all to well but my Mini Cooper cranks and won’t start

Mini is the worst, every customer I have with one hates their car and if they weren't completely upside down in them they'd trade them in a second.

German fish tank. Hahaha. I like your description!

When are you gonna come out with your own book like scannerdanner

i am having exact same issue, but it says "ABS" on the mini square screen.... couldn't even start the car !

Did EricTheCarGuy drop this off?

When they manufactured Mini Coopers they should have stated: " only use it in southern California"

Wow

I love German cars, but I mean, you're not wrong.

German engineering at it's finest.

That's right, German engineering, Keith. Now you're getting it. Even if you don't want to :P

them things leak more than my old 82 van did with ever piece of rubber dry rotten and leaking..

It came in from the sunroof drainage. That's usually the culprit. My dumb self kept sleeping on the leak that it seems to finally have cause significant damage. Car gets full power but won't crank at all. This just happened today 🤬

I do like your video's Keith but do American cars not let water into the fuse boxes??!! I rest my case!!

It's a Mini Pooper now...

I spied a power probe under the hood? Who was pp’ing on this car?

First my friend 😎

wow, great work! "German fish tank" LMAO

Where are you guys located ?

The Mini cooper is an abomination. This car used to be a British fish tank, although you can forgive BMC/British Leyland - the company was a disaster after all. Now they have Italian design, the Germans engineered it. I'm not 100% but i think they get the wiring looms for those cars from Italy and then they assemble it in Oxford and stick French (PSA) engines in them. I say... KILL IT WITH FIRE! QUICK! BEFORE IT LAYS EGGS! No seriously. I hate these cars. I have seen numerous cases of water damage in these, i know a whole bunch of people who own them. They are a pig to work on too.

This is what I call the 3,500.00 repair Goes to the certified car dealer mechanic and goes back and goes back Yea I know there are a few good dealer techs Key word: FEW you always reinforce my dedication to stop study circuit and check before I call for the big ticket items

Mine is 10x worst on that plug in. That plug in looks very hard to repin.