MINI Cooper Convertible: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 7 recall campaigns for the MINI Cooper Convertible, model years 2005 to 2026. NHTSA has 148 complaints on file for this model line. 3 of the 8 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 MINI Cooper Convertible NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1,571 |
| 2025 MINI Cooper Convertible NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1,571 |
| 2016 MINI Cooper Convertible | 3 | 12 | 65% | 32,340 |
| 2009 MINI Cooper Convertible NHTSA page | 1 | 9 | 49% | 12 |
| 2008 MINI Cooper Convertible NHTSA page | 1 | 8 | 43% | 91,800 |
| 2007 MINI Cooper Convertible | 2 | 7 | 38% | 92,120 |
| 2006 MINI Cooper Convertible NHTSA page | 1 | 22 | 119% | 91,800 |
| 2005 MINI Cooper Convertible | 1 | 90 | 486% | 91,800 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
184 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Steering | 451.1 | 83 |
| Air Bags | 168.5 | 31 |
| Electrical System | 76.1 | 14 |
| Power Train | 70.7 | 13 |
| Seats | 43.5 | 8 |
| Engine | 38 | 7 |
| Unknown or Other | 27.2 | 5 |
| Latches/Locks/Linkages | 21.7 | 4 |
| Exterior Lighting | 21.7 | 4 |
| Seat Belts | 16.3 | 3 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Cooper27 campaigns
- Cooper S23 campaigns
- Cooper S Convertible4 campaigns
- Cooper Clubman2 campaigns
- Cooper Countryman0 campaigns
- Cooper S Clubman5 campaigns
- Cooper Clubman S0 campaigns
- Cooper S Countryman2 campaigns
- JCW6 campaigns
- Countryman7 campaigns
- Clubman3 campaigns
- JCW Clubman3 campaigns
- Cooper SE3 campaigns
- Countryman S ALL45 campaigns
- JCW Convertible3 campaigns
- John Cooper Works2 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. MINI Cooper Convertible: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mini/cooper-convertible/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 15 May 2019
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- BMW of North America, LLC
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which MINI Cooper Convertible model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2016 with 3, 2007 with 2, 2026 with 1. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which MINI Cooper Convertible model year has the most complaints?
- The 2005 model year, with 90 of the 148 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the MINI Cooper Convertible name?
- Steering: 451.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Air Bags: 168.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 76.1 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the MINI Cooper Convertible?
- 2 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.