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Mini Cooper Convertible · 2005

1 recall affects this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·15V205000·2015-04-06

    BMW Recalls 2005-2008 MINI Cooper Models Due to Air Bag Defect

    BMW is recalling 91,800 MINI Cooper vehicles because the front passenger air bag may not deploy in a crash due to a faulty seat mat.

    Product
    MINI — MINI COOPER S CONVERTIBLE, COOPER CONVERTIBLE, COOPER, COOPER S
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • EA11005 Engineering Analysis · steering
  • PE10038 Preliminary Evaluation · steering

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2011 · electrical — 36 complaints, median 85,000 mi
    Includes 2 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2012 · electrical — 28 complaints, median 58,749 mi
    Includes 5 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.

Technical service bulletins

201 manufacturer service bulletins across 8 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2026: 4.9/5
  • 2025: 4.9/5
  • 2015: 4.0/5 · 53 complaints · most complained-of: engine
  • 2013: 4.1/5 · 47 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2012: 4.0/5 · 66 complaints · most complained-of: electrical

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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