15V660000
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
If the vehicle experiences a loss of power steering assist, extra steering effort will be required at lower speeds, potentially increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
2005 MINI COOPER S
2 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations, 383 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints383
Complaints citing a crash8
Complaints citing a fire31
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 2 of 2
15V205000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
An improperly functioning mat may cause the passenger frontal air bag to be inactive when the seat is occupied, and in the event of a crash, the air bag will not deploy, increasing the passenger's risk of injury.
What owners report most
- 205STEERING
- 62AIR BAGS
- 22ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 11AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
- 10POWER TRAIN
- 8ENGINE
- 8SEATS
- 6ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2005 MINI COOPER Ss can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.