My father and I both have JCW MINI's, mine is a 2009, his is a 2010. We have both had regular R56 Cooper S's as well, and have run those on the track at Watkins Glen. I ran my JCW last October at the Glen BEFORE having the recall performed, and the car ran beautifully. My father purchased his car just after that event.

We both had the water pump recall performed on our cars by the closest MINI dealership in April.

My Dad had his car at the Glen for an event Monday 5/28/12, and he got one lap out of the car before he had a loss of boost. And those of you who have an S or a JCW know that without boost the car is a dog, worse than the regular Cooper. He pulled into the garage had a mechanic check the car out and clear the code. He went back out and the same thing happened, no boost and the check enging light came on.

My Dad called me to tell me what happened and since I was not participating in the event which was on 5/28-29, I told him that when I got out of work I would bring my car down to him so he could run my car on the track and not lose out on the second day.

So I brought my car to him last night and he ran it on the track this morning. He just called me and told me the same thing happened to my car, no boost, check engine light is on, this time after 3 laps. I never had this happen in my car before the recall. I think it is logical that there is a problem with the work that was done for the recall, given that the same issue has popped up on two virtually identical cars.

Has anyone else had this happen to them?

Does my logic seem flawed?