Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEATS | |||
| 01/14/2013 | 135000 | 1 | |
| Driving to work in the am. i smell something in the car. when i look at my passenger side seat i saw smoke. pull over and got a better look at it. i have a holes in my car seat and the two vest that i place on the seat. it appears the heated seat had a electrical failure. took car to mini dealer. they said it real odd this happen. they also nice to say i would have to paid to fix it. look at many site on internet and seen bmw/mini and other company have issues with heated seats. it do not seem to odd to me. i did not even had the heated seat on because no one was seating there. *tr | |||
| 01/14/2013 | 135000 | ||
| Driving to work in the am. i smell something in the car. when i look at my passenger side seat i saw smoke. pull over and got a better look at it. i have a holes in my car seat and the two vest that i place on the seat. it appears the heated seat had a electrical failure. took car to mini dealer. they said it real odd this happen. they also nice to say i would have to paid to fix it. look at many site on internet and seen bmw/mini and other company have issues with heated seats. it do not seem to odd to me. i did not even had the heated seat on because no one was seating there. | |||
| 10/28/2011 | 118000 | ||
| Passenger side air bag off light is on all of the time and thus, the passenger air bag will not be deployed in an collision. have had sensor worked on, system flashed by bmw, etc to resolve issue. bmw unable to resolve without extensive cost. | |||
| 08/01/2012 | 33000 | 1 | |
| The occupancy sensor has failed. this causes the airbags to be unarmed while the vehicle is in use. i have contacted mini about the problem. they covered the repair on certain vehicles, but not mine. this is a safety issue, and it should be covered on all vehicles that it has occurred on, regardless of mileage. the repair is very expensive, and should be covered. *tr | |||
| 08/01/2012 | 33000 | ||
| The occupancy sensor has failed. this causes the airbags to be unarmed while the vehicle is in use. i have contacted mini about the problem. they covered the repair on certain vehicles, but not mine. this is a safety issue, and it should be covered on all vehicles that it has occurred on, reguardless of mileage. the repair is very expensive, and should be covered. | |||
| 09/01/2010 | 18000 | ||
| Passenger air bag sensor is defective. the passenger air bag off light, illuminates 3-4 seconds after engine start, along with the red air bag failure light, on the main speedometer. this occurs, whether there is a passenger in the seat, or not, due to this safety defect. mini cooper dealers, deny this is a problem, however, i have found over 40 other complaints registered on this exact defect !!! major repair cost from the dealer, to change the whole bottom seat cushion assembly, which includes the defective air bag sensor, that separates from the seat cushion, after a short time! | |||
| 02/11/2012 | 52000 | ||
| The airbag sensor in the passenger side seat does not correctly detect a person sitting in it. when a passenger is in the seat, the airbag sensor stays off. | |||
| 11/01/2010 | 50000 | ||
| I have a 2005 mini cooper. the airbag sensor in the passenger seat failed around 50,000 miles. i was told that the passenger seat had to be replaced at a cost of $1400.00. this is a know issue with this year of mini cooper s. dealships need to be aware of this problem and mini/bmw needs to have a recall. | |||
| 10/15/2010 | 18000 | ||
| Seat warmer failed to shut off ad burnt a hole in the seat and in my jacket. may have started a fire if i had not shut it off. this car had been in fla for most of its years and also had low mileage - clearly a defective part. | |||