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2005 MINI Cooper S Convertible air bags problems

15 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2005 MINI Cooper S Convertible, which is 21% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
15 21% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
56,000 miles 12 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2005 MINI Cooper S Convertible Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 56,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 56,000 miles
Based on 12 complaints that include mileage. 50% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles4
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 12 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 56,000 miles, and 50% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the air bags complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

When someone is sitting in the seat. Also, the light which indicates the passenger side airbag is off comes on when someone is sitting in the passenger seat. I used the same write-up on a previous complaint as the symptoms are accurate for my 2005 mini cooper s convertible, with approximately 72,000 miles.

Reported at 72,000 miles, July 2011

I was told the following about my passenger airbag system. Basically the computer failed and I had a crack in the passenger seat sensor. This car has only 32,000 miles and was mostly driven with no one in the passenger seat. This should not have failed with such minimal use.: replace mrs module and program,encode (mrs module failure, internal short circuit) fail $774.06 replace passenger seat occupancy mat (passenger seat occupancy mat has micro crack on mat fault 0071)fail $874.55.

Reported at 32,000 miles, May 2013

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