Mini Cooper S US

Owners filed 14 complaints across 2 model years of the Mini Cooper S US. The 2009 drew the most (9); the 2011 the fewest (5).

Model years2

Complaints14

Recalls0

Fires1

Deaths0

Every Mini Cooper S US model year compared

Complaints per year

Year	Complaints	Relative volume	Recalls	Fires	Crashes	Most reported	Status
2011	5		0	1	—	Interior Lighting	Routine
2009	9		0	—	—	Engine	Routine

Which Mini Cooper S US years should you avoid?

On raw complaint volume the 2009 is the weakest year on record, with 9 complaints concentrated in the engine.

Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.