The traction control light with antilock brake warning illuminated. Therefore my antilock brakes are inop along with traction control.
Steering
Mini Cooper Hardtop Steering problems by year
10 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Mini Cooper Hardtop's steering. Loss of power steering, stiff or loose steering, wandering, column and rack problems.
Steering complaints by model year
Latest Cooper Hardtop steering complaints
Headlights, blinker, windows, power steering,not working!!!
The proportioning value that controls brake function had a catastrophic failure and caused the brake calipers especially the left front to lock suddenly. The caused the left front wheel to lock and caused the car to pull hard to left and become difficult if not impossible to control. The car pulled hard left and risked the car moving uncontrollably into on coming traffic. The failed part was saved and is available for inspection. The safety of the driver(my wife) was put at risk during the loss of control of...
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the car. Other cars in the area were also put at risk simply due to the loss of control of our car. The problem was confirmed by the independent service center. The vehicle was not drivable and was towed to the dealership. The dealership thought the root cause was the brake master cylinder. This turned out not to be the case. The root cause was the failed proportioning valve. This caused the calipers to lock. The discs, rotors, calipers and proportioning value were replaced. There were no warning lights and the car had been taken for regular service at the dealership which was included in the purchase of the car. We were told that there is no warning light for a failure of this part.
The harmonic balancer aka crank damper went on my 2016 4dr hardtop 1.5L Mini Cooper. Has 73,000 miles on it. It has been sitting at a garage now for almost a month waiting for bmw to have the part in stock (tentative date avail. Sept.20, making it 2months wait time) tried every possible 3rd party parts dealer & not 1 harmonic balancer is to be found. I was told this part had already needed to be upgraded & modified making it a faulty part to begin with. Was told by garage it's a common part to go on these cars. ...
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1st my warning light came on saying the battery wasn't holding a charge. Beings that I was 2 blocks from my house I drove there & as I was getting to my house another warning came on saying "carefully pull over & let engine cool" so I parked it & had it towed to garage to avoid any other issues.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 mini cooper. While driving 40 mph, the steering wheel seized without warning and the eps indicator illuminated. The failure recurred a second time. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or mechanic. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer stated that there was no recall and advised the contact to take the vehicle to a dealer. The approximate failure mileage was 37,000.
In nov-2014 my son was driving our '05 mini cooper down the interstate at 55mph and all of a sudden the steering stopped working. He was barely able to control the car and get it to the side of interstate. He was 17 yrs old and it was very hard for him to steer it and get out of traffic. He was extremely frightened. We then got the car to a repair shop (not the local mini shop, since their labor rate was too high), we had to pay $1,201.75 To repair the steering. After receiving a letter regarding the steering...
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recall from mini corporate in early 2016, we were told to call/go to the local mini dealer and they would handle the claim. After several calls, emails, and a personal visit to the knoxville, tn mini cooper dealer, I have got nowhere. They refuse to handle the claim (once telling me that it had been submitted to mini corporate, but then it turns out they admitted that it never was submitted)... Then most recently basically they told me to leave them alone. They will not give me proof that the claim was submitted (which I am guessing it has not been), and now they will not answer my emails. Carol hwang at knoxville mini has been very rude and uncooperative. They refuse to give me a contact at corporate, as I've requested, to confirm the claim has been submitted and to follow up on getting reimbursed for this repair related to the recall. When I called corporate mini, they said I have to deal with the local mini shop. Local mini shop in knoxville says corporate will handle the claim. So I am getting nothing but a run-round. This incident was very scary for us! My son could've been killed when the steering went out. He was terrified and thought he was going to get hit and crushed by a semi truck. The whole thing was awful. Now all I want to do is get reimbursed for the repair, but I cannot get mini cooper to cooperate. Please help.
When driving 2 months ago,was driving with my mom 9/13/1015,all 4 milestar tires busted,dealer replaced them with charging me 150.00 Deduct,now same problem occured 11/25/2015,right passager same brand busted,now my car is in shop again missing work,stuck in fort myers right now,if it wasn't for my family I would not be here with these tires,the name of the tires mile-star
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 mini cooper. While driving at 80 mph, the vehicle started to shake violently. The failure recurred three times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign numbers: 14v815000 (structure) and 14v154000, (equipment); however, the part to do the repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 7,600.
On two occasions (7/19/14 and 7/29/14), the engine cut-off, putting the car in "accessory mode." On both occasions, I was driving on a flat road, at low speed. There was no ability to drive the vehicle without completely stopping, putting the car in park, and restarting the car. As a result of being in accessory mode, I had no power steering and was only able to glide over to the side of the road. A message appeared on the car's screen: "transmission not in park, vehicle may roll." I purchased this vehicle 3...
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months ago. I am very concerned, and I don't feel safe driving this car. If this were to happen on a highway, there would certainly be a serious accident, as I would not be able to get the car to the shoulder. As evidenced in the gm ignition switch cases, when a car is switched into accessory mode while driving, the airbags are deactivated as well. Should this happen on a busy roadway/highway, and there is an accident, there is the potential that it could be fatal. *Tr
Dsc and brake light turned appeared on tachometer display in yellow and does not go out. Dsc button if pressed makes no changes to dcs/abs lights on displays. Immediately the following symptoms/issues appeared: steering started to fault like unaligned, brake pedal slightly erratic, blinker turn signal does now not turn off after activating and making a turn. Vehicle has jcw sport brake kit, installed at 30,000 miles, 3 months ago. Vehicle was recently aligned about 2 months ago. Vehicle was scanned with to...
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diagnose fault and fault code was that the switch unit steering column/dsc is faulty.No missing sensors, all are connected in place. No pinched or broken cables. Replaced part #61319253769 msp $550.00 And mechanic fee of $500.00 (Removal of part, installation, vehicle ecu recoding, and recheck ecu diagnosis. No more error codes and steering, dcs and abs back to normal. Unknown root cause. *Tr
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