2004 MINI COOPER S Complaints

2004 MINI COOPER S POWER STEERING FAILED ON I93 SOUTH ON MY WAY TO WORK IN BOSTON WITHOUT ANY WARNING , SPEED ABOUT 80 AT 4:00AM ON THE MORNING OF 4/25/2011. MADE IT TO WORK HAD CAR TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE AT MINI OF PEABODY MA THE SAME DAY AND WAS CHARGED $1180.00 DOLLARS TO REPLACE STEERING PUMP. TWO WEEKS PRIOR ON 4/8/2011 AT THE SAME DEALER AT THEIR RECOMMENDATION REPLACED STEERING FAN AND RETURN HOSE AS A PRECAUTION DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE CHARGED 500.00 DOLLARS. FRIDAY 4/22/2011 CAR WAS AT SAME DEALER TO HAVE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER REPLACED FOLLOWED BY THEIR USUAL TEST DRIVE , THERE WAS NO MENTION OF ANY STEERING PROBLEM AT THAT TIME NOR DID I EXPERIENCE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING ON MY WAY BACK HOME AFTER REPAIR. MY CONCERN IS IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WITH OUT WARNING ON AN OFF RAMP OR WHEN MY WIFE OR DAUGHTER WERE DRIVING THE OUT COME COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH DIFFERENT. I PAID AN EXTRA 60.00 DOLLARS TO KEEP THE OLD PUMP. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 MINI COOPER S WITH APPROX 80K MILES. THE POWER STEERING RANDOMLY AND INTERMITTENTLY FAILS TO WORK. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY SIX TIMES DURING THE LAST TWO MONTHS. I INTEND TO REPLACE THE POWER STEERING PUMP, BUT AM TOLD THAT THIS MAY HAPPEN AGAIN, EVEN WITH REPLACED PUMP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MINI COOPER S. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH WHEN THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED AND THE VEHICLE BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP AND THE RACK OF THE RACK AND PINION WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE MECHANIC REPLACED BOTH THE RACK AND POWER STEERING PUMP. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

ACUTE LOSS OF POWER STEERING IN MY 2004 MINI COOPER S. I WAS DRIVING NORMALLY AND WAS PULLING ONTO THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE STEERING BECAME VERY DIFFICULT. I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE TO STEER THE VEHICLE BUT IT REQUIRED A GREAT DEAL OF EFFORT. I'VE BEEN TOLD BY MY MECHANIC THAT IT DOESN'T INVOLVE THE FAILURE OF THE POWER STEERING PUMP FAN...THE FAN HAS BEEN TESTED AND IS WORKING OK. THE COST FOR THE REPAIR IS GOING TO BE APPROXIMATELY $1160. MY MECHANIC HAS TOLD ME THAT FAILURE OF THE P. S. PUMP IN THIS YEAR AND MODEL MINI COOPER IS COMMON. *TR

2004 MINI COOPER S. CONSUMER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE POWER STEERING PUMP. *TR

FOR THE PAST YEAR, MY MINI COOPER S HAS HAD SEVERAL SUDDEN POWER LOSSES IN THE POWER STEERING, RESULTING IN THE CAR BECOMING DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. IT HAS BEEN LOOKED AT BY A MINI SERVICE DEPARTMENT, WHO KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM, BUT DID NOT INFORM ME. MY WARRANTY WAS CALLED IN, AND THEY DID NOT AUTHORIZE ITS REPAIR EITHER. I LIVE IN A REMOTE AREA, WITH A DRIVING NEED FOR 3-4 HOURS FOR MEDICAL CARE. THIS DRIVE IS THROUGH CANYONS AND OVER MOUNTAINS, SO THE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL IS IN NO WAY AN OPTION, AND MAY ALSO RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT CAUSING INJURY OR WORSE, DEATH. I HAVE DOCUMENTATION THAT THE COMPLAINT WAS MADE TO MINI BY ME, AND YESTERDAY, RECEIVED CONFIRMATION THAT THEY DID, IN FACT, KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2004 MINI COOPER S THE POWER ASSISTED STEERING SEEMS TO QUIT WORKING. THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND THEN THE POWER ASSIST BEGINS WORKING ON ITS OWN AND MAY WORK FOR QUITE A WHILE THEN UNEXPECTEDLY WILL STOP WORKING AGAIN. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE STEERING BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT AND REQUIRES A GREAT DEAL OF EXTRA EFFORT TO TURN. MANY TIMES IT ONLY STOPS WORKING FOR ONE OR TWO TURNS THEN THE POWER ASSIST PUMP BEGINS WORKING AGAIN. IN THE FALL OF 2010 I HAD TO INSTALL A POWER STEERING PUMP "COOLING FAN" BECAUSE IT FAILED BUT THE PUMP CONTINUES TO INTERMITTENTLY STOP WORKING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MINI COOPER S. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY STIFF AND DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS STUCK IN A PARTIALLY TURNED POSITION BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO DRIVE STRAIGHT FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS PLACE OF RESIDENCE AND WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 105,683.

@ APPROXIMATELY 85K MILES POWER STEERING FAILURE INTERMITTENTLY BECAME AN ISSUE ON 2004 MINI COOPER S. @ 95K MILES POWER STEERING BECAME COMPLETE FAILURE. *TR

POWER STEERING GOT TIGHTER AND TIGHTER MAKING IT REALLY HARD TO TURN IN SMALL CORNERS (WHICH ARE EVERYWHERE IN BIG CITIES). IT TURNS OUT THE BE A WELL-KNOWN ISSUE WHICH IS POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK. IT ALMOST GOT ME INTO ACCIDENTS/PROPERTY DAMAGE DUE TO TIGHT STEERING. *TR