NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 MINI Cooper S Recalls
The 2008 MINI Cooper S has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 11, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 MINI Cooper S. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 168
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
10 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 MINI Cooper S, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2008 MINI Cooper S
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 23V337000
- Reported
- May 11, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 97,933
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2010 Cooper S, 2 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine: gasoline: turbo/supercharger
- Campaign
- 18V248000
- Reported
- April 18, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 47,806
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2010 Cooper S, 14 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine: gasoline: turbo/supercharger
- Campaign
- 12V008000
- Reported
- January 11, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 90,368
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2010 Cooper S, 4 other models
Engine and engine cooling: exhaust system: manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe
- Campaign
- 08V657000
- Reported
- December 12, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 28,450
- Same campaign
- only the 2008 MINI Cooper S
2008 MINI Cooper S complaints by year
NHTSA has received 168 owner complaints about the 2008 MINI Cooper S, the newest on March 6, 2024. Of these, 1 describe a crash (1%) and 10 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 MINI Cooper S, the component group named most often is the engine (46%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (26%) and the air bags (18%).
3 of the 2008 MINI Cooper S's 4 recalls also concern the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2008 MINI Cooper S owners gave the mileage (153 complaints), the median was 53,600 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine78
- Engine And Engine Cooling43
- Air Bags30
- Power Train9
- Electrical System8
- Fuel/Propulsion System4
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 8 | |
| 2010 | 12 | |
| 2011 | 15 | |
| 2012 | 23 | |
| 2013 | 31 | |
| 2014 | 19 | |
| 2015 | 19 | |
| 2016 | 14 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 MINI Cooper S peaked in 2013, when NHTSA received 31. 24% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 MINI Cooper S drew 1.2× the complaints of the median MINI Cooper S year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 7 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 168 complaints about the 2008 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 2008 MINI models
Newest record on this page: March 6, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted