2017 Mini Cooper Problems, complaints & recalls

The contact owns a 2017 Mini Cooper. The contact stated that while that vehicle was parked, the vehicle was turned on that there was a message on the instrument panel stating that there was a taillight malfunction. The contact inspected the vehicle and noticed that the driver's side rear taillight had not illuminated. The vehicle was able to restart. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the driver's side taillight housing and connector needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired, and the VIN was not included in a recall related to the failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000.

The contact owns a 2017 Mini Cooper. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, the vehicle rolled backwards. The contact applied the parking brake. There was an abnormal scraping noise detected while starting the vehicle. The roll back warning light was illuminated. There was a message stating "Transmission, Not Secure" was displayed. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 43,198.

Rear tail light malfunction due to defective ground, melting connectors to rear break lights and indicators. Lack of break lights and indicators is a risk to motorist safety as a whole.

The driver door latching mechanism failed this past week. For days, I was unable to latch the door closed -- all attempts to close the door would result in the door simply bouncing off the body of the car. I spent hours unsuccessfully trying to get the latching mechanism to work again, e.g. by repeatedly attempting to close the door, holding the door closed and trying to lock all doors. To drive the car home from work and to the dealership for repairs, I was forced to hold the door closed with my left hand while...

Front Upper Arm Bushing on both the Driver's and Passenger sides needed to be replace after less than 25,000 miles. Bushing failure causes upper arms of suspension to whack against the body and greatly effect handling, could lead to accidents.

Transmission: secure vehicle against rolling. Warning is showing up. The battery died, and I put the car into neutral to roll it. Now this warning is showing up every time I put the car in park and turn it off.

Per dealer, the front passenger door latch cable went bad (documentation available if needed) on a 2017 Mini Cooper S (4-door). Background: there was an episode a few weeks back when I was unable to latch the front passenger door. It just wouldn't latch when you tried to close it - the door would just swing / bounce off the body of the car (so to speak) on closure attempts. I fiddled with locking / unlocking the door, was finally able to have it latch again. Around 7/12, people washing my car accidentally opened...

The vehicle was at a stop when the brake was released it lunged forward into oncoming traffic. Another time in driveway veh was bought to a stop in our driveway to turn around. The brake pedal was released and the car lunged into a wall and the tires continued to spin until brakes were heavily applied

Tl* the contact owns a 2017 mini cooper. The contact called on behalf of his wife and stated that while driving at 20 mph, the contact crashed into another vehicle. The air bags did not deploy but the contact mentioned that the other vehicles air bags deployed. A police report was filed. The contact sustained back and neck aches that needed medical attention. The vehicle was towed to a salvaged yard waiting to be diagnosed by the insurance company. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer for a diagnostic test or repairs. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vin was not available. The failure mileage was approximately 40,000.

Tl* the contact owned a 2017 mini cooper. The contact stated while driving 35 mph, when another vehicle failed to stop at a stop sign and impacted the front passenger side of her vehicle. The contact stated she was collided into a fire hydrant. The air bag did not deploy. The contact stated the passenger from the other vehicle sought medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was not drivable. The vehicle was towed to impound lot. A dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed as of yet. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer had not been informed of failure. The failure mileage was unknown. *Tr*jb

Driver's side seat belt locking mechanism jams, preventing the driver from fastening the seat belt and operating the vehicle in a safe manner.

Purchased vehicle new 2017 mini cooper countryman s awd from dealership in september 2017, day after purchase on the way from texas to oklahoma vehicle stalled on highway in a speed zone of 75, the vehicle check engine light came on and performance was reduced and started shaking and vehicle went from 70 mph down to 55mph immediately. Drivetrain malfunction light was light up as well as service engine light. Dealerhsip towed vehicle and was suppose to flash/update software also had to replace spark plugs and...

I own a 2017 mini cooper clubman that was recalled for an unsafe brake light condition. There were 4 functional brake lights on the rear bumper. After my car was "fixed", I only have 2 functional brake lights on the rear bumper. I fail to understand how this approved "fix" made my car safer. Three weeks after the "fix" was completed, I was rear ended while turning onto my street. I feel that the nhtsa approved a "fix" for a condition that made my car less safe. How could you allow mini to permanently disable brake lights as a fix?

A stress fracture from top of windshield mid way along driver side, down about six inches then turn towards rear view mirror.

What is the preferred mandatory placement of a seat belt holder/adjustor for the vehicle that is within the regulatory safety standards? This vehicle does not have a holder and currently the belt lays across the consumers neck, which is not safe.

While my wife was driving the 8-day-old countryman s on a parkway at highway speed, a pebble was apparently kicked back from a vehicle ahead, causing a piercing of the radiator and a virtual immediate inability to drive. This created a significant safety hazard. The issue is not the pebble itself, but rather the fact that, as we learned from the mechanic, there is no protective cover or screen over the front of the radiator to prevent such an event from causing severe damage to the radiator. This is a brand new...

I recently test drove a mini cooper clubman s. I did not like the vehicle, and one of the reasons is the way the lighting (front and rear) is designed. The rear of the car has very large lights that go across the 'barn doors' that appear to be brake lights. When I was at the dealership I noticed another clubman in the parking lot being parked wasn't lighting up the large lights as it slowly backed into a parking space. Upon further examination I realized the large lights on the rear doors actually do not light up...

I have only two weeks with my new car, and absolutely love it! However, there appears to be a safety issue with the brake lights. On two occasions, trucks have rode up on my tail and had to almost slam their brakes before winding up inside the trunk/boot. At the time, I just thought these were inattentive drivers. However, I had read on a forum someone else too pointed out a similar instance. If one looks at the back of the clubman, there are large red lights on the rear of the barn doors. This is what...