Help with MINI "Sport and Green" modes please
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Afternoon all.
I've recently bought the wife an 18 month old (65 plate if it matters) Cooper D with XL pack.
Cracking little car so far but i'm struggling with the Sport and Green eco modes.
According to the bloke that sold us it the sport and green modes are simply selected by moving the switch on the centre console left or right.
Having tried this i get nothing at all. Reverting to the manual you go through some "Driving Excellence" or something menu and it goes through and checks all the parameters are right like range, engine temp, outside temp etc. Being a 1.5 Diesel i can only assume that sport mode will allow me to embarrass GTR's when i get it right
The manual says when sport mode is active "Sport" will be displayed on the console, it isn't. As i said, moving the switch does nothing as far as i can see.
I can get a little dial up that shows me power and torque being generated and i thought i'd got it but then when i move the switch back to Green i get nothing again.
More interested in the economy than sport but i'm concerned something is broken and i need to have it checked out.
The owner before us was a leasing company, got me thinking that for whatever reason they would disable it at the factory by request? Seems like a longshot really.
Anyway, cracking wee thing other than this. All help appreciated!
David.
I've recently bought the wife an 18 month old (65 plate if it matters) Cooper D with XL pack.
Cracking little car so far but i'm struggling with the Sport and Green eco modes.
According to the bloke that sold us it the sport and green modes are simply selected by moving the switch on the centre console left or right.
Having tried this i get nothing at all. Reverting to the manual you go through some "Driving Excellence" or something menu and it goes through and checks all the parameters are right like range, engine temp, outside temp etc. Being a 1.5 Diesel i can only assume that sport mode will allow me to embarrass GTR's when i get it right
The manual says when sport mode is active "Sport" will be displayed on the console, it isn't. As i said, moving the switch does nothing as far as i can see.
I can get a little dial up that shows me power and torque being generated and i thought i'd got it but then when i move the switch back to Green i get nothing again.
More interested in the economy than sport but i'm concerned something is broken and i need to have it checked out.
The owner before us was a leasing company, got me thinking that for whatever reason they would disable it at the factory by request? Seems like a longshot really.
Anyway, cracking wee thing other than this. All help appreciated!
David.
MG7 said:
It could be that the driving mode information option is deselected. When switching between driving modes a list should appear in the driver display (between the dials in the instrument binnacle)as well as on the control display (main media display).
If the list appears in the driver display and nothing is coming up on the control display then it's likely the option is deselected. Go to 'Settings' then 'Control Display' then 'Driving mode info'. Tick the box and then when you switch the driving mode the graphic will also appear on the control display.
If neither of these is happening, it's broken!
OK, just went out and tried this. If the list appears in the driver display and nothing is coming up on the control display then it's likely the option is deselected. Go to 'Settings' then 'Control Display' then 'Driving mode info'. Tick the box and then when you switch the driving mode the graphic will also appear on the control display.
If neither of these is happening, it's broken!
At no time do i get a list of any kind. The 'Driving Mode info' was selected. If i deselect then select it again i get a wee car up that says "MID Mode" standard mini fun or something like that.
When i move the switch on the centre console i get absolutely nothing.
chryslerben said:
Stick your finger nails under the rim of the switch and pop it up, the wiring for it is only pushed fitted and its quite common if someone's been in there for some reason for the connector not to be refitted properly.
Just to update this, the chap above was bang on.Current in the MINI dealership and the lady confirmed that the plug is indeed disconnected.
Thanks!
Elbitrevnoc said:
A few years on perhaps, but Chrysler Ben’s tip just save me a lot of time and hassle. Popped up the selector ring and plug was, sure enough, disconnected!
It's a very common problem and even more now the cars are ageing. Since I posted this we have continued to own Minis (and 1 7 series) along the way. THey moved to a toggle type switch for the driving modes which does fix the need for a very fragile spade connector.
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