15V739000
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
Inappropriate air bag activation/deactivation can increase the risk of occupant injury in the event of a vehicle crash.
2014 MINI COOPER S
4 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 17 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints17
Complaints citing a crash1
Complaints citing a fire0
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 4 of 4
15V628000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
In the event of a vehicle crash, an air bag that does not deploy properly increases the risk of injury to the front seat passenger.
15V450000
STRUCTURE:BODY
If the side impact performance requirements are not met, rear seat passengers may be at a higher risk of injury during a crash.
14V789000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
If the driver exits the vehicle without the transmission being in Park, the vehicle could roll away as the driver and other occupants exit the vehicle or anytime thereafter. A vehicle rollaway increases the risk of injury to exiting occupants and bystanders.
What owners report most
- 6POWER TRAIN
- 3ENGINE
- 2UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 2AIR BAGS
- 1VISIBILITY/WIPER
- 1FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 1SUSPENSION
- 1VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2014 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.