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Mini Cooper Convertible

Every Mini Cooper Convertible model year on file, 2005 to 2026. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years17314 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years92005 to 2026

Recall campaigns7Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins446Summed across model years

By model year

The 2005 model year drew the most complaints, 96, 55% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Steering leads the Mini Cooper Convertible complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Steering

Airbags

Electrical system

Powertrain

Engine and cooling

Seats

Lighting

Structure

Brakes

Latches and locks

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Mini Cooper Convertible model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Mini Cooper Convertible by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
2026	Convertible	1	0.0	100	1	0	11
2025	Convertible	1	0.0	100	1	0	21
2022	Convertible	1	0.0	25	0	0	0
2016	Hatchback	13	7.7	104	3	0	251
2009	Convertible	18	5.6	240	1	0	83
2008	Convertible	9	22.2	139	1	0	20
2007	Convertible	7	14.3	54	2	0	17
2006	Convertible	27	0.0	270	1	0	20
2005	Convertible	96	9.4	640	1	2	23

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Mini Cooper Convertible

25V-616 Sep 17, 2025
Torsion bar in both front seat belt retractors may have been damaged during production
Seat belts · 1,571 vehicles
17V-222 Mar 31, 2017
When the affected vehicles are braking and the turn signals are on, the inner, bumper-mounted, brake light will go out
Lighting · 17k vehicles
16V-747 Oct 17, 2016
Vehicle-sensitive locking mechanism of the seat belt Emergency Locking Retractor (ELR) for the driver's seat may not lock as designed
Seat belts · 15k vehicles
15V-887 Dec 30, 2015
Steering gearbox may have been manufactured with incorrect parts
Steering · 2 vehicles
15V-205 Apr 6, 2015
Due to manufacturing, installation, and exposure issues, the front passenger seat occupant detection mat may not function properly and, as a…
Airbags · 92k vehicles
09V-143 Apr 30, 2009
These vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 110, "tire selection and rims." the affected…
Tires · 12 vehicles
07V-533 Nov 20, 2007
Certain convertible vehicles fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 110, 'tire selection and rims.' the…
Equipment · 320 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.