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2004 Mini Cooper Body problems

Owners have filed 5 complaints about the 2004 Mini Cooper's body, doors & structure with NHTSA - 1% of all its complaints, most recently on June 17, 2016. They describe 0 crashes, 1 fire and 0 injuries. Doors, hoods and latches, frame rust, sunroofs, leaks, trim and structural failures.

Complaints
5
Recalls
0
Crashes
0
Fires
1
Injuries
0
Deaths
0

Body complaints

Electrical systemBody, doors & structureBrakesFire

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.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Structure · Service brakesNHTSA 10874841
Body, doors & structure

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

Filed Incident Latches / locks / linkagesNHTSA 10412425
Body, doors & structure

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

Filed Incident Latches / locks / linkagesNHTSA 10311282
Body, doors & structure

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

Filed Incident StructureNHTSA 10306710
Body, doors & structure

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

Filed Incident StructureNHTSA 10120402

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