NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 MINI Cooper Recalls
The 2005 MINI Cooper has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 15, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 MINI Cooper. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 372
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
10 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 MINI Cooper, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2005 MINI Cooper
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 15V660000
- Reported
- October 15, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 86,018
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2004 Cooper, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 15V205000
- Reported
- April 6, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 91,800
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2006 Cooper, 1 other model
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 08E050000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2004 Cooper, 12 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2004 Cooper, 46 other models
2005 MINI Cooper complaints by year
NHTSA has received 372 owner complaints about the 2005 MINI Cooper, the newest on April 14, 2025. Of these, 8 describe a crash (2%) and 10 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2005 MINI Cooper, the component group named most often is the steering (74%), followed by the air bags (11%) and the electrical system (8%).
1 of the 2005 MINI Cooper's 4 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2005 MINI Cooper owners gave the mileage (347 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering276
- Air Bags41
- Electrical System30
- Power Train25
- Unknown Or Other11
- Engine And Engine Cooling8
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 14 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 13 | |
| 2010 | 50 | |
| 2011 | 82 | |
| 2012 | 76 | |
| 2013 | 46 | |
| 2014 | 24 | |
| 2015 | 26 | |
| 2016 | 10 | |
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2005 MINI Cooper peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 82. 6% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 MINI Cooper drew 1.2× the complaints of the median MINI Cooper year in the same window: 4th highest of the 11 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 372 complaints about the 2005 MINI Cooper are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
MINI Cooper by model year
Newest record on this page: April 14, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted