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Mini COOPER

Routine recalls1 campaign, none flagged critical.
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Crash risk
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All Recalls

1 campaign
1 recall💥 1 crash risk
Model year
Steering
Aug 14, 2019
2556 days ago

Your steering tie rod can break and cause you to lose control of the vehicle.

Affected: STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY · 2019
CRASH RISK
NHTSA
Summary

BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2018-2019 BMW X1 sDrive28i, X1 xDrive28i, 2019 X2 xDrive28i, MINI Cooper S Convertible, Countryman, and John Cooper Works Countryman vehicles. The steering gear tie rod may have been assembled incorrectly, which may result in excessive wear of the tie rod end, eventually causing it to break.

Consequence

A broken steering tie rod would lead to a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy

BMW will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the vehicles and replace the tie rods and ball joints as necessary, free of charge. The recall began October 11, 2019. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417 or MINI customer service at 1-866-825-1525.

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Full analysis: how to read the Mini COOPER recall history
Year range, common components, complaint patterns, and how to use this page.

Understanding the Mini COOPER recall history

The Mini COOPER currently has 1 recall campaign indexed from the NHTSA public database. Each recall represents a formal campaign to fix a defect at no cost to the current owner. Owner complaints are self-reported incidents that haven't (yet) resulted in a recall but can indicate emerging patterns worth watching.

The most frequent recall category for the COOPER in our dataset is steering (1). These clusters matter when you're shopping for a used COOPER: recalls in these systems tend to be the ones most likely to have been skipped by previous owners, because they aren't always visible during a routine test drive or pre-purchase inspection.

The tracked recalls span model years 2019. Not every model year carries every recall. Each campaign is scoped to a specific year range and often a specific build window, which is why a VIN lookup is the only way to know whether a particular COOPER is actually affected by any of these campaigns.

How to use this page

The safest path for an owner is to run your VIN through the checker above. A VIN query hits NHTSA's live API and tells you whether your specific COOPER has an open, unresolved recall. If you're researching a used COOPERbefore buying, use the recall list below to understand the model's full history, then check the seller's VIN to see whether prior owners actually completed the free repairs. Many don't, and unresolved recalls can linger for years.

Figures are generated live from the RecallScanner dataset, which is sourced from NHTSA's public recall and complaint APIs and refreshed daily. RecallScanner is independent and not affiliated with Mini or any U.S. government agency.

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