2003 MINI Cooper electrical system problems
26 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2003 MINI Cooper, which is 7% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 26 7% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 74,000 miles 21 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 7
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When electrical system problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 9 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 21 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 74,000 miles, and 14% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 1 crash, 7 fires, 1 injury.
What owners wrote
Car impacted the rear end of a jeep at low rate of speed (was braking to avoid crash in the front). Upon impact the car burst into flames. The air bag deployed. Luckily the occupant of the vehicle was able to get out of car. Within minutes the car was totally in flames. No one was killed or seriously injured but if the occupant did not get out when they did the occupant would have died due to smoke or flame injury.my complaint is that this low front end impact should not have resulted in immediate fire and large…
After driving the car under normal circumstances a short distance and parking the car, a fire ignited in the engine bay. The fire extinguished itself prior to the fire truck arriving. Vehicle was towed to local dealer who, upon inspection, indicated the power steering pump and/or associated hardware had failed and caused the fire.
Other problems reported for the 2003 MINI Cooper
- Steering 162 complaints
- Transmission 59 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 31 complaints
- Engine 27 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 25 complaints