2011 MINI COOPER S

3 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 46 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints46
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire9

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

23V3370002023-05-11

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

An electrical short-circuit can increase the risk of a fire.

18V2480002018-04-18

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

If the circuit board were to overheat, it can increase the risk of a fire.

12V0080002012-01-11

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER

THE CIRCUIT BOARD MAY SMOLDER WHICH COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE FIRE.

What owners report most

  • 16ENGINE
  • 16ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 3UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 3AIR BAGS
  • 1EXTERIOR LIGHTING
  • 1FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
  • 1FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
  • 1STRUCTURE:BODY

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Two 2011 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.

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