2012 MINI Cooper Countryman problems
Owners have filed 81 complaints with NHTSA about the 2012 MINI Cooper Countryman. Engine is the most reported problem area, at 35% of complaints. Next are electrical system (17%) and drivetrain & axles (7%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 81 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 35% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 13
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 43,000 miles 46 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 17 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 11 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 46 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 43,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 44,000 miles (21 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 5 complaints mention a crash; 13 complaints mention a fire. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 81% of model years in our database.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
My mini was stopped at a traffic light behind a toyota 4 runner when I was struck from the back by a careless driver in a midsize sedan who had failed to see the cars in front of her stopped at a red light. The damage done to both the car that struck mine from behind as well as the damage done to the 4 runner were minimal by comparison. The mini incurred irreparable damage to the front end of the car.
Only run 12000 mile less than year there is rattle sound on speedometer" specially navigation screen. They try fix the problem, and tell me , they can not fix, because it coming from speedometer. And print our one piece paper, which is mini official paper as below" subject: buzzing noise from speedometer situation: when the vehicle is deceleration the customer might experience a buzzing noise form the speedometer, when speedometer needle is between 0 and 12 miles per hour.
The water pump in the car failed without warning or check engine light coming on, causing immediate overheating and the head gasket on the engine to blow. Mini refused to fix the car, as they said it was out of warranty, despite the faulty water pump being the cause of the overheating.