MINI air bags problems
Across all MINI models in NHTSA's complaint database, 914 complaints involve air bags. The Cooper accounts for the largest share (49%). The single worst model year is the 2006 Cooper with 114 air bags complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 914 about air bags, all MINI models
- Most affected
- Cooper 49% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 60,000 miles 703 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 55 and 4
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which MINI models
| Model | Complaints | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cooper | 444 | 49% |
| Cooper S | 281 | 31% |
| Cooper S Convertible | 46 | 5% |
| Cooper Clubman | 36 | 4% |
| Cooper Convertible | 36 | 4% |
| Cooper Countryman | 13 | 1% |
| Cooper S Clubman | 13 | 1% |
| Countryman | 10 | 1% |
| Clubman | 9 | 1% |
| Cooper Clubman S | 9 | 1% |
Worst model years for air bags
- 2006 MINI Cooper114 complaints
- 2005 MINI Cooper S78 complaints
- 2006 MINI Cooper S71 complaints
- 2009 MINI Cooper69 complaints
- 2007 MINI Cooper49 complaints
Air bags complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 2002 | 41 |
| 2003 | 18 |
| 2004 | 8 |
| 2005 | 141 |
| 2006 | 218 |
| 2007 | 86 |
| 2008 | 103 |
| 2009 | 119 |
| 2010 | 43 |
| 2011 | 42 |
| 2012 | 30 |
| 2013 | 29 |
| 2014 | 7 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 8 |
| 2017 | 5 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 5 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 |
Among the 703 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 60,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.