Seat back mechanism failed. Could not latch in place. Failed with no warning while driving. Motor mount broken with milage only at 56,000 miles.
Body, doors & structure
Mini Cooper Paceman Body problems by year
8 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Mini Cooper Paceman's body, doors & structure. Doors, hoods and latches, frame rust, sunroofs, leaks, trim and structural failures.
Body complaints by model year
Latest Cooper Paceman body complaints
The sunroof spontaneously shattered. There was no accident, there was no event, there was nothing to cause this to occur. It had been parked overnight in an open area, as it was being driven on the onramp when it sounded like a window was open, then on the highway it sounded like there was ice crust coming off of the back of the car, then there was a rush of wind - pulled over and saw the shattered roof. Thankfully the sunscreen was closed so the glass didn't pour onto me.
After my car was involved in an accident I was made aware that the mini vin number indicates that my mini is a 2 door model in most data resources for evaluation purposes. But I have the mini 4 door hardtop model! How could that not be indicated with a 4d instead of the 2d in this models vin #? *Tr
Driver's door handle lock cover (plastic) felt unexpectedly while driving.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 mini cooper. The contact stated that he noticed that the front passenger and the driver side carpet was extremely wet. The vehicle was taken the dealer where the technician drained the tube leading from the air condition unit, but the failure persisted. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 4,500.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 mini cooper. The contact stated that the recall notice for nhtsa campaign number: 14v815000 (structure) was received in february of 2015. After contacting the dealer and the manufacturer on multiple occasions, the contact was informed that the parts needed to repair the vehicle were still not available and no estimated time for receiving the parts could be provided. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 mini cooper. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v815000 (structure). The contact stated that the part needed to do the repair was unavailable. The manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 mini cooper. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v815000 (structure) however, the part needed to do the repairs was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The contact had not experienced a failure. Updated 8/10/15*cn
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