CarComplaints.com Notes: Power steering problems are a major issue with the 2005 Mini Cooper, with hundreds of owners reporting complaints to the NHTSA about their power steering suddenly failing while driving.

Some power steering failures have caused crashes & injuries. Average mileage at failure is well under 100,000 miles & the repair cost is over $1,000. Not good.

1.7

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
96,250 miles

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2005 Mini Cooper Owner Comments

problem #2

Mar 162011

Cooper 4-cyl

  • 97,500 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Trunk door opened while driving around 50mph. Items in trunk flew out. Another driver pulled up alongside me to notify me of the situation.

- Red Bank, NJ, USA

problem #1

Mar 012011

Cooper 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 95,000 miles
Power steering stopped working. Power steering replacement, trunk repair and driver's side door repair. Updated 07/26/11

- Red Bank, NJ, USA

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