NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 MINI Cooper S Recalls
The 2004 MINI Cooper S has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 15, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 MINI Cooper S. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 247
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 MINI Cooper S, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2004 MINI Cooper S
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 15V660000
- Reported
- October 15, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 86,018
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Tires: pressure monitoring and regulating systems
- Campaign
- 04V348000
- Reported
- July 12, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,193
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2004 MINI Cooper S complaints by year
NHTSA has received 247 owner complaints about the 2004 MINI Cooper S, the newest on July 20, 2020. Of these, 7 describe a crash (3%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2004 MINI Cooper S, the component group named most often is the steering (85%), followed by the electrical system (8%) and the visibility (5%).
1 of the 2004 MINI Cooper S's 2 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2004 MINI Cooper S owners gave the mileage (231 complaints), the median was 74,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering210
- Electrical System19
- Visibility12
- Air Bags8
- Engine And Engine Cooling3
- Seat Belts3
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 10 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 54 | |
| 2011 | 78 | |
| 2012 | 51 | |
| 2013 | 14 | |
| 2014 | 10 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2004 MINI Cooper S peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 78. 6% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 MINI Cooper S drew 0.4× the complaints of the median MINI Cooper S year in the same window: 7th highest of the 7 ranked years.
That makes 2004 one of the three best-measured MINI Cooper S years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 247 complaints about the 2004 MINI Cooper S are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
MINI Cooper S by model year
Other 2004 MINI models
Newest record on this page: July 20, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted