Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2005 MINI Cooper S.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-15 | STEERING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Mini Cooper S. The contact stated while driving 25 MPH, the steering wheel became difficult to … |
| 2022-03-22 | STEERING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Mini Cooper S. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 15V660000 (Steering… |
| 2020-09-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | BATTERY LIGHT FLASHING, POWER STEERING CUTTING OUT INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. ALTERNATOR AND SERPINTINE BELT REPLACE… |
| 2019-08-13 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MINI COOPER S. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND … |
| 2019-07-04 | STEERING | No | 0 | THE CAR WAS IN MOTION WHEN SUDDENLY THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY HARD AND THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL, ALMOST CAUSING AN … |
| 2019-06-10 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MINI COOPER S. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT POWER STE… |
| 2019-03-09 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | WHEN ADJUSTING THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS, THE AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE, I CONDUCTED TROU… |
| 2019-02-22 | STEERING | No | 0 | POWER STEERING NO LONGER WORKS. |
| 2019-01-24 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MINI COOPER S. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TU… |
| 2018-12-19 | STEERING | No | 0 | WENT TO DINNER AND CAME OUT AND STARTED MY CAR AND IT WAS SUPER HARD TO STEER |
| 2018-12-11 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AND LOST POWER. I PULLED TO SHOULDER AND BLACK SMOKE CAME THRU AIR VENTS. I OPENED THE HOOD AND T… |
| 2018-11-11 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | 2005 MINI COOPER S WAS TRAVELING 50MPH WHEN IT HIT ICY BRIDGE SPUN AROUND AND ROLLED 3 TIMES DRIVER WAS WEARING A SEATB… |
| 2018-11-09 | AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION | No | 0 | THE PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPANCY MAT WAS REPLACED BY RECALL ON 10/28/2016. ON 10/2018 I NOTICED THAT WHEN THERE IS A PASSEN… |
| 2018-11-07 | AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION | No | 0 | AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AT ALL TIMES. DEALERSHIP REPORTS $1200 TO REPLACE SENSOR FOR PASSENGER SEAT AND MAY IMPACT ALL… |
| 2018-03-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MINI COOPER S. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V660000 (S… |
| 2017-12-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I GOT HOME FROM WORK PARKED CAR AND HEARD A WHINING NOISE UNDER HOOD I COULD SEE SMOKE AND BURING SMELL COMING FROM ST… |
| 2017-10-30 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MINI COOPER S. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE… |
| 2017-08-08 | STEERING | No | 0 | I AM A PROUD OWNER OF A 2005 MINI COOPER S WITH 108K MILES. RECENTLY I EXPERIENCED THE INFAMOUS EHPS PUMP FAILURE THAT … |
| 2016-12-06 | STEERING | No | 0 | ABOUT A MONTH AGO VEHICLE STEERING BECAME VERY DIFFICULT. VEHICLE HAS 117,650 MILES ON IT. DRIVING IS VERY DIFFICULT AS… |
| 2016-10-18 | STEERING | No | 0 | I HAVE HAD THE STEERING PUMP FAIL TWICE IN MY 2005 R53 MINI, THE 1ST TIME THE POWER STEERING WOULD CUT OUT AT RANDOM WH… |
| 2016-07-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MINI COOPER S. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED INTERMITTENTLY AND THE STE… |
| 2016-06-27 | STEERING | No | 0 | COMPLETE POWER STEERING FAILURE ON MY WAY TO WORK THIS MORNING WHILE TURNING A CORNER FROM THE HIGHWAY TO CITY STREET. … |
| 2016-05-26 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MINI COOPER S. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING ABILITY WITHOUT WARNIN… |
| 2016-05-02 | STEERING | No | 0 | ELECTRO/HYDRAULIC POWER STEERING UNIT FAILURE @ 87,000 MILES . UNIT WILL NOT SHUT OFF UNLESS THE BATTERY CABLE IS DISCO… |
| 2016-05-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | THERE IS A POWER STEERING PUMP RECALL FOR THIS MODEL (NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V660000) BUT THE DATE CUTOFF IS FOR CARS… |
| 2016-04-21 | STEERING | No | 0 | THE POWER STEERING HAS FAILED IN THIS VEHICLE. MINI COOPER HAS A RECALL ON THIS MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR BUT SAYS MY VIN I… |
| 2016-02-15 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MINI COOPER S. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND CAUSED THE… |
| 2016-02-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ON 2/11/2016 I GOT HOME FROM WORK AND I PARKED MY 2005 MINI COOPER S (53,000 MILES) ON THE DRIVEWAY, TURN OFF CAR AND S… |
| 2016-02-09 | STEERING | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2005 MINI COOPER S WITH LESS THAN 85K MILES IT. THE POWER STEERING HAS COMPLETELY GONE OUT. BEFORE IT WENT OU… |
| 2015-12-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION PREVIOUSLY REPLACED AT 48K MILES BY MANUFACTURER DUE TO NOISE. MY TRANSMISSION IS BROKEN. MY TIRES CHIRP E… |
| 2015-12-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MINI COOPER S. WHILE IN PARK, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF … |
| 2015-10-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | OVER THE PAST 9 MONTHS MY POWER STEERING WILL STOP WORKING, I WILL USUALLY NOTICE THIS WHEN I START MY CAR AND GO TO MO… |
| 2015-06-10 | STEERING | No | 0 | POWER STEERING FAILED. EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER WITHOUT IT. AFTER THE CAR AS TURNED OFF AND THEN COOLED: 30 MINUT… |
| 2015-06-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I HAVE A SAFETY RECALL (NO. 25V-205), AN AIR BAG PROBLEM, ISSUED LAST JUNE AND HAVE NOW RECEIVED ANOTHER RECALL ((15V-6… |
| 2015-04-03 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MINI COOPER S. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V205000 (AIR B… |
| 2015-04-03 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MINI COOPER S. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V205000 (AIR B… |
| 2015-04-03 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MINI COOPER S. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V205000 (AIR B… |
| 2015-01-08 | STEERING | No | 0 | POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED, AND THERE IS A RECALL FOR 2002-2005 COOPERS, BUT FOR SOME REASON OUR VIN IS NOT COVERED, WH… |
| 2015-01-07 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY PASSENGER AIR BAG HAS BEEN INACTIVE FOR OVER TWO YEARS DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH THE SEAT SENSOR. I RECENTLY SAW THERE W… |
| 2015-01-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL. TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS INTERMITTENTLY WHILE IN AUTOMATIC. SPENT $5,600 TO REBUILD TRANSMISSI… |
| 2014-12-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ABOUT TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE FIRE, MY BACK BUMPER WAS HIT BY SOMEONE,NOTHING TOO SERIOUS JUST THE TAIL LIGHT BROKEN. TH… |
| 2014-12-17 | STEERING | No | 0 | POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED TO TURN OFF WITH VEHICLE. RESULTED IN BATTERY BEING DRAINED AND ULTIMATELY LOSS OF POWER ST… |
| 2014-10-23 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | A "POP" WAS HEARD WHEN I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE ON I95. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE CONSIDERING WHEN THE "POP"… |
| 2014-10-15 | STEERING | Yes | 0 | POWER STEERING ABRUPTLY STOPPED WORKING WHILE CORNERING CAUSING DRIVER TO USE HEAVY MANUAL FORCE TO CORNER THE VEHICLE … |
| 2014-09-17 | STEERING | No | 0 | POWER STEERING SYSTEM FIRE. *TR |
| 2014-09-17 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHTS GOES ON AND OFF. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF A PERSON IS IN THE SEAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THE … |
| 2014-08-29 | STEERING | No | 0 | AT THE BEGINNING, THE STEERING PUMP MAKES SOME NOISES AND A FEW WEEKS LATER, MY POWER STEERING COMPLETELY WENT OUT, REA… |
| 2014-08-18 | STEERING | No | 0 | STEERING EFFORT INCREASED TREMENDOUSLY DURING LOW SPEED DRIVING AND AT ANY SPEED DURING TURNING. POWER STEERING APPEARS… |
| 2014-08-04 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | PULLED2005 MINI COOPER S IN GARAGE, BRAKES WORKED FINE. NEXT DAY, BACKED CAR OUT THE GARAGE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT … |
| 2014-07-18 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | MY PROBLEM IS WITH A 2005 MINI COOPER S. WHY IS THEIR NOT A RECALL ON THE WATER PUMP? IT HAS BEEN KNOW FOR GOING OUT PR… |