NHTSA Safety Recalls
2015 MINI Cooper S Recalls
The 2015 MINI Cooper S has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 9, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2015 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
- 18
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
On a 2015 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 2015 MINI Cooper S
Seats
- Campaign
- 15V739000
- Reported
- November 9, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 38
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 15V628000
- Reported
- October 7, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,073
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Structure: body
- Campaign
- 15V450000
- Reported
- July 17, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 30,456
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 214, side impact protection
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
- Campaign
- 14V789000
- Reported
- December 15, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,928
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 114, theft protection and rollaway prevention
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2015 MINI Cooper S complaints by year
NHTSA has received 18 owner complaints about the 2015 MINI Cooper S, the newest on January 3, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a fire.
In complaints about the 2015 MINI Cooper S, the component group named most often is the engine (17%), followed by the exterior lighting (17%) and the air bags (11%).
1 of the 2015 MINI Cooper S's 4 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2015 MINI Cooper S owners gave the mileage (12 complaints), the median was 25,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine3
- Exterior Lighting3
- Unknown Or Other3
- Air Bags2
- Electrical System2
- Fuel/Propulsion System2
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2015 MINI Cooper S peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 4. 22% arrived between 2014 and 2018, the model year's first years on the road.
The 18 complaints about the 2015 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 2015 MINI models
Newest record on this page: January 3, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted