23V337000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
An electrical short-circuit can increase the risk of a fire.
2008 MINI COOPER S
3 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations, 197 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints197
Complaints citing a crash1
Complaints citing a fire12
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 3 of 3
18V248000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
If the circuit board were to overheat, it can increase the risk of a fire.
12V008000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER
THE CIRCUIT BOARD MAY SMOLDER WHICH COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE FIRE.
What owners report most
- 78ENGINE
- 36ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- 30AIR BAGS
- 8ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 6POWER TRAIN
- 4FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 4ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
- 4SEAT BELTS
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2008 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.