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.
4.1
definitely annoying
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
29,334 miles
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Engine cooling fan low speed stage failure. There has been a recall of cooling fan for the same model up to model year 2004. But my 2005 MINICooper S has the same problem. Thus, it is appropriate to extend the recall to include model year 2005.
- Columbia, MD, USA
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- Columbia, MD, USA