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Mini COOPER S at salvage auctions

Copart 2012 Mini COOPER S S WMWSV3C59CT386775 Front End52,976 mi Nov 9

Mini COOPER S: model passport

Everything our database knows about the Mini COOPER S: salvage auction lots, owner complaints to NHTSA, recalls, crash-test stars and real sale prices.

At salvage auctions

Cars1
Median retail value$10,051
Median repair cost, % of value100%
Median odometer52,976 mi
Model year
12012
Primary damage
  1. Front End 1 100%
Yard state
  1. IL1 100%

Median is the middle: half the cars are below it, half above. Retail value (Copart's Est. Retail Value) and repair cost are the auction's estimates, not sale prices. Odometer median counts only readings marked actual.

Owner complaints to NHTSA

2,188 complaints about the Mini COOPER S (all model years) sent by owners to the US road safety regulator.

Complaints2,188
With a crash57
With a fire152
Injured66
Deaths4
What fails: complaints by system
  1. Steering
    median 75,000 mi at failure     683 31%
  2. Engine and cooling
    median 53,414 mi at failure     528 24%
  3. Airbags
    median 61,090 mi at failure     281 13%
  4. Electrical system
    median 67,537 mi at failure     175 8%
  5. Transmission and drivetrain
    median 52,000 mi at failure     115 5%
  6. Visibility, wipers, sunroof
    median 16,494 mi at failure     70 3%
  7. Seats and seat belts
    median 57,000 mi at failure     64 3%
  8. Fuel and propulsion
    median 62,000 mi at failure     55 3%
  9. Brakes
    median 32,000 mi at failure     28 1%
  10. Body and structure
    median 47,370 mi at failure     28 1%
Complaints by model year
2002
3832005
2010
2015
2020
2025

Recalls

23 recall campaigns for the Mini COOPER S.

Recall campaigns by model year
2002
2005
4
4
42010
4
42015
2020
2025

Sources: our Copart lot database; NHTSA owner complaints, recalls and NCAP; open sale records of US cities and the US Treasury. Complaints are reports from owners, not confirmed defects; more popular models get more of them. Median: half are below, half above.