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.
2.0
hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
79,000 miles
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Transaxle on the MINICooper failed. Unit contains sealed bearings (so I'm told), that are not serviceable. Therefore, I had to buy a complete new unit at a cost of $3,000 ()included $900 labor). I understand this is not an uncommon failure for minis, and that MINIand BMW are refusing to work with consumers to address this problem. However, they have apparently changed the design, recognizing the poor design of the original unit.
24 degree morning car's manual 6-speed transmission frozen in 1st gear. Took other car to work. Problem gone after returning from work at 40 degrees. Looked up online. Saw many of the same complaints due to water in shifter cables.
My 2005 MINIhad aprox. 77,000 miles on it when I had drove for about an hour, pulled into my driveway, heard a loud noise, and when I got out I saw a piece of the transmission casing laying on the ground and all the fluid drained out. There are 95 MINIowners that I know of who have had 1 or 2 transmissions replaced after only a few years of use. Mine cost me 5,000 dollars and loss of use for 2 months. MINIwas aware of the faulty transmissions and continued to sell them. I really believe there needs to be a reckoning.
- San Mateo, CA, USA
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