NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 MINI Cooper Recalls
The 2009 MINI Cooper has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on May 11, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 MINI Cooper. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 151
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
11 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 MINI Cooper, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2009 MINI Cooper
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 23V337000
- Reported
- May 11, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 97,933
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2008, 2010 Cooper, 2 other models
2009 MINI Cooper complaints by year
NHTSA has received 151 owner complaints about the 2009 MINI Cooper, the newest on August 5, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (1%) and 11 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 MINI Cooper, the component group named most often is the air bags (41%), followed by the engine (30%) and the electrical system (17%).
The 2009 MINI Cooper's only recall also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2009 MINI Cooper owners gave the mileage (118 complaints), the median was 65,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags62
- Engine46
- Electrical System25
- Seat Belts8
- Unknown Or Other6
- Fuel/Propulsion System5
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 13 | |
| 2014 | 12 | |
| 2015 | 23 | |
| 2016 | 29 | |
| 2017 | 12 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 9 | |
| 2024 | 9 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2009 MINI Cooper peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 29. 11% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 MINI Cooper drew 1.2× the complaints of the median MINI Cooper year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 11 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 151 complaints about the 2009 MINI Cooper are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
MINI Cooper by model year
Other 2009 MINI models
Newest record on this page: August 5, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted