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[Josephgildea86]

Hi All,

 

Apologies, as I am almost certain this has come up before but I've got a question regarding what I believe is the notorious automatic gearbox in a 2003 Mini Cooper.

 

I was driving at approx. 20mph yesterday when what I thought was a flat resulted in the car coming to a complete stop. Resulted in The AA being called and being advised that it was 'gearbox related' and had to be towed home. Car is still revving ok and can put it into drive/verse, but doesn't move.

 

Any advice or idea of the problems and how to go about it would be much appreciated. Having a quick look online this seems to be annoyingly common and possible ridiculously expensive.

 

The car is an 03 plate, but very well looked after and in almost immaculate condition with only 45K on the clock so I'm more then a little annoyed right now!

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Joe

[Guess-Works.com]

First of all this is mainly a classic mini orientated forum, but don't let that stop you from posting, just not many people will be able to answer..

 

You are right that this is a known issue, in fact both the Auto and Manual ( 5 speed ) gearboxes of the R50 have their weaknesses...

 

I specialise in the classic mini transmission, and after looking at the market for the R50 boxes there are plenty of companies out there which will do a complete job for a lot less than many people in the trade could.

 

One local to me is http://www.minigearboxes.co.uk

 

Also try the MINI Forum... http://www.mini2.com

Edited by Guess-Works.com, 03 September 2014 - 10:23 AM.

[Josephgildea86]

Thanks for taking the time to reply!

I'll have a look through http://www.minigearboxes.co.uk and http://www.mini2.com