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Mini Cooper · 2002

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

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·15V660000·2015-10-15

    BMW Recalls 2002-2005 MINI Cooper Vehicles for Steering Assist Loss

    BMW is recalling 2002-2005 MINI Cooper and Cooper S vehicles because the power steering system may fail, requiring extra effort to steer and increasing crash risk.

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

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

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

  • 2007 · engine — 201 complaints, median 52,860 mi
    Includes 9 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2008 · engine — 159 complaints, median 54,667 mi
    Includes 11 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2006 · steering — 111 complaints, median 70,250 mi
    Includes 7 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2007 · airbags — 68 complaints, median 60,000 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2008 · airbags — 64 complaints, median 63,000 mi

Technical service bulletins

252 manufacturer service bulletins across 6 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2010: 3.7/5 · 102 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2009: 3.7/5 · 152 complaints · most complained-of: airbags
  • 2008: 3.6/5 · 283 complaints · most complained-of: engine
  • 2007: 3.5/5 · 383 complaints · most complained-of: engine
  • 2006: 3.5/5 · 413 complaints · most complained-of: airbags

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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