2003 MINI Cooper S steering problems
129 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the steering on the 2003 MINI Cooper S — 59% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“I was starting my vehicle and it made a bad knocking noise then it was like crunching noise so I stopped turn it off and waited for a while went back to the car still making a strange noise but once I put it in the drive it stopped making noise drove down the road a bit and talking about apparently…”
filed Oct 1, 2020
“We know of twice that our car's power steering pump failed while in motion. After bmw was finally forced into a recall for the power steering pump failure and we received a notification, we took our car to century bmw in greenville, sc. The service department checked our work regarding replacement…”
filed Dec 21, 2019
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Related recalls
- Affected vehicles may experience temporary or permanent loss of the electro-hydraulic…Campaign 15V660000 · Oct 15, 2015
Related service bulletins
This Service Information bulletin supersedes SI 32 02 14 dated August 2014. SUBJECT Installation of Right-Hand Drive Steering Spindle in Left-Hand Drive Vehicle is No Longer Required. Left-hand drive steering spindles…
M320214 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Mar 1, 2016
Steering problems in other Cooper S years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 Cooper S | 1 | 2% |
| 2009 Cooper S | 1 | 1% |
| 2008 Cooper S | 1 | 1% |
| 2007 Cooper S | 7 | 3% |
| 2006 Cooper S | 48 | 26% |
| 2005 Cooper S | 212 | 68% |
| 2004 Cooper S | 210 | 85% |
| 2002 Cooper S | 57 | 69% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2003 MINI Cooper S
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.