CarComplaints.com Notes: Power steering problems are a major issue with the 2004 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.

8.0

pretty bad
Typical Repair Cost:
$590
Average Mileage:
62,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most Common Solutions:

  1. replaced with oem radiator (1 reports)
2004 Mini Cooper cooling system problems

cooling system problem

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2004 Mini Cooper Owner Comments

problem #1

Oct 162014

Cooper 1.6L

  • CVT transmission
  • 62,000 miles

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

Radiators in cars should never fail at this point. The tanks let go a couple of blocks away from home, spewing hot coolant all over the engine and paint below radiator opening. This cost over $600 to repair alone, and the total to replace the radiator was another $590.

Not impressive at all.

- Ray M., Nashville, TN, US

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