MINI Complaints

View complaints related to MINI. The complaints found here are submitted by actual consumers with first hand experience. You can submit your own complaint to the NHTSA or call the Hotline, Monday-Friday 8am to 8pm at (888) 327-4236, TTY: (800) 424-9153.

  • 2009 MINI COOPER CLUBMAN
    - LOS ANGELES, CA

    LOW OIL INDICATOR DOESN'T LIGHT UP UNTIL THE OIL LEVELS ARE CRITICALLY LOW. DEALER STATES THAT THEY'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN A LOT AND IT'S "NORMAL." COST ME OVER $4,000 TO FIX IT AT THE DEALER. 3RD DOOR (SUICIDE DOOR) LOCK MECHANISM STICKS/BREAKS DOWN. AFTER GETTING IT FIXED, THE LATCH ITSELF BROKE DOWN.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2007 MINI COOPER S
    - LEXINGTON, NC

    THE TURBOCHARGER HAD TO BE REPLACED, NEW TURBO GOT HOT AND MELTED THE VALVE COVER. THEN THE TURBOCHARGER CAUGHT FIRE WHILE IN MOTION IN A RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD. ALL WITHIN 6 MONTHS.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2016 MINI COOPER S
    - CAPE CORAL, FL

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 MINI COOPER S. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE AND OIL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. ALSO, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ALERTED THE CONTACT TO SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE OIL DIPSTICK SHOWED THAT THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MINI OF FT. MYERS (LOCATED AT 13880 S TAMIAMI TRAIL, FORT MYERS, FL 33908, (239) 205-7816) WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE OIL CONSUMPTION WAS NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000.

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 2015 MINI COOPER
    - MUKILTEO, WA

    2015 MINI COOPER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TREAD ON TIRES BEING WORN AT ONLY 10,000 MILES. *LD *TR

    Source: CONSUMER LETTER
  • 2014 MINI JCW
    - FALLS CHURCH, VA

    THE MINI COOPER DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THE OIL SUPPLY LINE TO THE TURBO IS LEAKING AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS WAS FOUND DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION AT THE DEALERSHIP.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2009 MINI COOPER
    - OKLAHOMA CITY, OK

    AIRBAG PASSENGER LIGHT STAYS ON WHEN A PASSENGER IS IN THE SEAT AND ALSO STAYS ON WHEN IS NOBODY IN THE PASSENGER SEAT . AND THE PASSENGER LIGHT TURNS ON IN THE RPM GAGE (IN THE RPM GAGE )

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2014 MINI COOPER S
    - ABINGDON, MD

    BAD SENDING UNIT ON FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY; THIS CAUSED THE GAS LIGHTS TO STOP WORKING INSIDE THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2010 MINI COOPER S
    - SANTA MONICA, CA

    GOT THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP ISSUE, THE CAR WILL NOT START AND STALL AND WILL NOT KEEP IN IDEAL UNTIL STEPPING ON THE GAS OVER 3000 RPM FOR OVER 1 MINS, IT STALLED ON LOCAL STREET COUPLE TIMES. THE DEALERSHIP SAID MINI COVER UP TO 7 YEARS ONLY.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2013 MINI COOPER COUNTRYMAN
    - JURUPA VALLEY, CA

    I GET AN ERROR THAT THE SEAT BELT IS DEACTIVATED AND THE THE AIRBAG IS OFF. RAN DIAGNOSTIC AND GOT CODE 93BF. THIS CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND THIS HAPPENED ALL OF A SUDDEN ONE MORNING AFTER TURNING ENGINE ON WHEN GOING TO WORK.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2009 MINI COOPER CLUBMAN
    - ROCHESTER, NY

    REPLACED THERMOSTAT, HEATER STOPPED WORKING, VEHICLE OVERHEATED WHAT SEEMS TO BE A FAULTY WATER PUMP OR THERMOSTAT, CAR SMOKED INTENSELY DROVE SHORT DISTANCE- THERMOSTAT MELTED- MOTOR BLEW. THIS VEHICLE WAS WELL MAINTAINED***

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE