NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 MINI Cooper Recalls
The 2017 MINI Cooper has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 31, 2017.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 MINI Cooper. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 28
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2017 MINI Cooper, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2017 MINI Cooper
Exterior lighting: brake lights
- Campaign
- 17V222000
- Reported
- March 31, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 16,883
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Air bags
- Campaign
- 16V914000
- Reported
- December 20, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,506
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 7 other models
Seat belts: front: retractor
- Campaign
- 16V747000
- Reported
- October 17, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 15,455
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 209, seat belt assemblies
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2017 MINI Cooper complaints by year
NHTSA has received 28 owner complaints about the 2017 MINI Cooper, the newest on May 29, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (18%); owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2017 MINI Cooper, the component group named most often is the engine (21%), followed by the exterior lighting (21%) and the power train (21%).
1 of the 2017 MINI Cooper's 3 recalls also concerns the exterior lighting.
Where 2017 MINI Cooper owners gave the mileage (13 complaints), the median was 7,972 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine6
- Exterior Lighting6
- Power Train6
- Electrical System5
- Air Bags3
- Fuel/Propulsion System2
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2017 MINI Cooper peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 7. 39% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 MINI Cooper drew 0.5× the complaints of the median MINI Cooper year in the same window: 11th highest of the 11 ranked years.
That makes 2017 one of the three best-measured MINI Cooper years.
The 28 complaints about the 2017 MINI Cooper are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
MINI Cooper by model year
Other 2017 MINI models
Newest record on this page: May 29, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted