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2009 Mini Cooper Lighting problems

Owners have filed 3 complaints about the 2009 Mini Cooper's lights with NHTSA - 2% of all its complaints, most recently on April 12, 2025. Headlights, tail lights, brake lights, turn signals and interior lighting failures.

Complaints
3
Recalls
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
0

Lighting complaints

Electrical systemLights

My car has had an exterior lighting problem related to a bad FRM. This is causing my lights not to work. After seeking help, I saw that there was an actual recall on the FRM and I decided to take my car to International Mini dealership in Wisconsin. Once there, they proceeded to only fix the leak on sunroof. I then went back and explained that the leak had caused actual damage to the FRM and connectors and they told me to leave the car for another night. Next day I went to pick it up and they gave me the paperwork...

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stating that they had replaced and reprogrammed the FRM but the problem persist. The connector on the FRM are also water corroded and they just refuse to do anything else to the car. I can't drive my car due to the safety hazard of not having any exterior lights working.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 11654250
Lights

Tl*the contact owns a 2009 mini cooper. While driving approximately 60 mph the headlights did not have sufficient illumination range. The dealer was contacted and stated they are required by law to illuminate that way so other drivers are not blinded. The contact had not experienced a failure but was concerned about the illumination range . The contact stated that they do not illuminate far enough to see in front of him. The vin was not available. The current mileage was 11,900.

Filed Incident Exterior lightingNHTSA 10380205
Lights

I filled out your safety complaint portable from but could not submit it. When I used the link on the pdf form, it told me there was no such address, and when I used the link in the covering e-mail, I repeatedly received the message "file selected is not a portable form!." Is there another way to submit it? *Tr

Filed Incident Exterior lightingNHTSA 10380019

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