# 2012 MINI Cooper S — bucked, lost power

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-mini-cooper-s-bucked-lost-power/162851>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** mini, coopers\
**Created:** [April 14, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-mini-cooper-s-bucked-lost-power/162851 "2020-04-14T19:33:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![JamesJarosz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JamesJarosz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JamesJarosz)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-mini-cooper-s-bucked-lost-power/162851/1 "2020-04-14T19:33:35Z")

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Started to try to speed up started to buck no power check engine light came on

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-mini-cooper-s-bucked-lost-power/162851/2 "2020-04-14T19:55:53Z")

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Blinking CEL. Have it towed.  
Even if not blinking, since it is “bucking”, recommend having it towed.

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**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-mini-cooper-s-bucked-lost-power/162851/3 "2020-04-14T22:40:02Z")

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My Corolla acted the same way when one of the coils was failing but that’s pure guesswork. Have the code scanned to be sure.

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-mini-cooper-s-bucked-lost-power/162851/4 "2020-04-15T12:46:42Z")

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> [@JamesJarosz](#):
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> check engine light came on

That is telling you to **have the engine checked** … That’s what it is for.  
As to the reasons, could be many. That’s why the car’s computers store those codes for later retrieval

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-mini-cooper-s-bucked-lost-power/162851/5 "2020-04-15T13:13:55Z")

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This is the most vital bit of information for the OP:

> [@Purebred](#):
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> Blinking CEL. Have it towed.

As has been stated, the possible causes are… many… and the OP needs to have the car’s OBD system checked for stored trouble codes.  
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