BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2020 MINI Hardtop 2-Door Cooper, Cooper S, and JCW vehicles. The rear side trim panels may have been assembled without a crash pad. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal...
Body, doors & structure
Mini Cooper S Body problems by year
9 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Mini Cooper S's body, doors & structure. Doors, hoods and latches, frame rust, sunroofs, leaks, trim and structural failures.
Body complaints by model year
Body recalls
BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 MINI Cooper and MINI Cooper S Hardtop 2 Door vehicles and 2015 MINI John Cooper Works Hardtop 2 Door vehicles. The affected vehicles do not meet the side impact performance...
Latest Cooper S body complaints
The rear windshield fell out of the top of my convertible. There was no accident or foul play involved. The glue that bonds the window to the top became unglued. This happened at 70,000 miles. The top is made of fabric and the window is made out of glass. Have to you replace the entire top to repair it. Not sure why this is not a recall. It is a well-known problem for the car.
The back window comes unglued to the convertible top when the car is parked outside in warm weather. Ive seen this in several other mini cooper roadsters within the past few weeks. This causes the car to have a hole in the convertible top and leaves the glass hanging from the sensor. To fix it you need to buy a whole new top. This HAS to be a design defect.
Driving down honda parkway I heard pop sound. Tpms light started flashing and smoke started coming out from under hood. I pulled off of road into a gas station. At that time I didn't have any power brakes.The car was fully engulfed in flames in about 10 mins. The fire dept put out fire.
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.
Unable to open the driver's door from the inside; immediate failure. At about 36,000 miles and again at 60,000 miles, the driver's door could only be opened by pulling on the inside door handle multiple times or opening the window & using the outside handle. The issue appears to be a cable that comes off a pulley in the opening mechanism. The dealer replaced the cable in its proper position; the fix lasted about 2 years before re-occurring causing the car to fail state safety inspection. This is a problem known to mini/bmw and is reported in many online mini cooper forums. *Tt
DEFECT. *TR
Door lock mechanism freezes and traps drive and occupants inside of the vehicle. Anytime the temperature is below freezing door locks freeze. Upon contacting mini their response was that they get this complaint frequently but they do not have a method to correct the problem. *Tr
Driver side door of my 2004 mini cooper can only be opened from the outside (i.E. I need to lower the window in order to open the door) mini dealership would not guarantee a fix will last more than few weeks. *Tr
Complaint regarding the position of the horn buttons on the 2004 mini cooper s. *Mr the consumer would try to honk the horn by pressing the middle of the steering wheel and nothing would happen. *Sc
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