2004 MINI COOPER S Complaints

POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WITHOUT NOTICE. NEVER GOT A WARNING LIGHT BEFORE DURING OR AFTER FAILURE. NARROWLY AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT SINCE I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR STEERING TO BE SO DIFFICULT TO TURN THE WHEEL. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER INTO A PARKING LOT WHERE I TURNED THE CAR OFF, LET IT SIT FOR A WHILE AND THEN TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE STEERING WAS OK AGAIN. SINCE THE STEERING IS BACK AND NO WARNING LIGHTS, I ASSUME EVERYTHING IS GOING TO WORK OK FROM NOW ON. *TR

POWER STEERING FAILED AFTER 3 HOUR TRIP - WHILE PARKING. STEERING HAS RETURNED AND QUIT MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE - AND NOW HAS QUIT WORKING IT SEEMS FOR GOOD. CAR IS HARD TO STEER, ESPECIALLY AT LOW SPEED, BUT I AM STILL ABLE TO DRIVE IT. *TR

DRIVING ON FREEWAY, STEERING SUDDENLY BECAME VERY DIFFICULT. LATER WENT BACK TO NORMAL. A MONTH LATER THE POWER STEERING PUMP CONTINUES TO RUN AFTER VEHICLE SWITCHED OFF, DRAINING BATTERY DEAD. *TR

POWER STEERING IS LOSS IS RANDOM, ONCE STEERING IS LOST AFTER TURNING OFF AND CAR COOLS IT WORKS AGAIN. LEADING ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM IS IN THE UNIT'S DESIGN. HESITANT TO SPEND UPWARDS OF $800 (IN PARTS) TO REPLACE WHEN IT MAY NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER SHOULD INVESTIGATE AND ISSUE RECALL DUE TO TREMENDOUS COMPLAINTS ON SIMILAR FAILURES AND NOT SOLUTION IS AVAILABLE. *TR

THE POWER STEERING STOPPED OPERATING AS WE WERE MAKING A 90 DEGREE TURN AT AN INTERSECTION. WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OVER AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE. WE CHECKED THE POWER STEERING FLUID LEVEL, AND FOUND IT WAS IN THE PROPER RANGE. AFTER A SHORT WAIT WE RESTARTED THE CAN AND THE POWER STEERING SEEMED TO BE OPERATING. *TR

MY MINI COOPER INTERMITTENTLY, WITHOUT WARNING BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. POWER STEERING FAILED ROUNDING A CORNER ON THE FREEWAY, NEARLY RESULTING IN A HIGH SPEED CRASH. *TR

I WAS DRIVING THROUGH ATLANTIC CITY, AND WHEN I TRIED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST ON MY MINICOOPER FAILED. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS RIGID AND NEEDED TO BE FORCIBLY TURNED USING A GREAT DEAL OF STRENGTH. I ALMOST RAN INTO A FENCE SURROUNDING A PARKING LOT, BUT WAS ABLE TO APPLY THE BRAKES, WRESTLE WITH THE WHEEL , AND EDGE INTO THE PARKING LOT. *JS

EXPERIENCED TOTAL LOSS OF POWER STEERING ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WITH NO WARNING LIGHTS. OCCURRED MOSTLY AFTER STARTING THE CAR ON HOT DAYS. THE CAR IS VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER AT LOW SPEED WITH NO POWER STEERING. POWER STEERING SPORADICALLY CAME AND WENT. EVENTUALLY, THE POWER STEERING PUMP WOULD REMAIN ON AFTER TURNING OFF THE CAR, CAUSING THE BATTERY TO GO DEAD. REPLACED POWER STEERING PUMP AND FAN IN MAY 2012 AT ABOUT 130,000 MILES AND HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES SINCE. *TR

POWER STEERING INTERMITTENTLY GOES OUT AND STEERING BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT (I.E. HARD TO CONTROL THE CAR). THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT WARNING AND AFTER RESTART GOES AWAY. IN FEBRUARY OF 2012 THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM IN CANADA. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, PLEASE RECTIFY IT. *TR

POWER STEERING IS OF GREAT CONCERN AS IT HAS PERIODS WHERE IT SEEMS THAT THE POWER STEERING QUITS WORKING. ALSO WHEN ADJUSTING THE DIRECTION AS I AM BACKING UP INTO MY DRIVEWAY STEERING IS SORT OF LAZY AND IT MAKE A HIGH PITCH WHINING NOISE WHEN I TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. *TT