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vehicle
2006 / mini / cooper
known issues
3 clusters (reviewed 2026-09-20)
complaints
413 on file (2006-01-30 → 2025-02-05)
recalls
0
investigations
0
fars
46 occupant deaths, crash years 2010-2024 (legacy-code)
Electric power steering pump failureSTEERING66 complaints2013-09 → 2025-02mini-cooper-2006-power-steering-pump-failure
10959726 POWER STEERING GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, WITHOUT ANY WARNING. VERY STIFF. HARD TO CONTROL. CAN'T TURN. SCARY!!!
10864428 POWER STEERING RANDOMLY WHEN OUT WHILE IN MOTION. THANKFULLY, I WAS ON A LOCAL ROAD GOING SLOWLY WHEN IT HAPPENED. PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE, TURNED OFF THE CAR AND TURNED IT BACK ON. POWER STEERING CAME BACK
11066163 POWER STEERING FAILURE WHILE DRIVING BOTH SLOWLY PULLING OUT OF CARPORT AND AT NORMAL 35 MILES PER HOUR STREET SPEED. STEERING BECAME VERY DIFFICULT
Front passenger airbag occupant detection mat failureAIR BAGS100 complaints2013-09 → 2023-03mini-cooper-2006-airbag-mat-sensor-failure
10716305 THE PASSENGER SEAT AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON REGARDLESS OF THE SEAT OCCUPANCY. IT IS UNCLEAR IF THE AIR BAG IS OPERATIONAL OR NOT
10721900 THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS MALFUNCTIONING ON MY MINI COOPER S CONVERTIBLE. IT SAYS ON THE MINI COOPER COMPLIANT LIST THERE IS AN ISSUE. THE DEALER SAYS ITS A SEAT PROBLEM, REQUIRING 1,800.00 FOR A NEW SEAT
11319039 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MINI COOPER S. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED, THE AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED ILLUMINATED
Automatic transmission slipping and hard shiftingPOWER TRAIN17 complaints2013-10 → 2018-11mini-cooper-2006-automatic-transmission-failure
10573352 THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SEEMS VERY JERKY AND HESITANT. IT HAS DIED ON ME ONCE WHILE DRIVING AS IT STALLED OUT. I AM AFRAID THE TRANSMISSION IS CLOSE TO FAILURE. *TR
10560277 TRANSMISSION STARTING BUCKING AND CAUSING UNCONTROLLED ACCELERATION THE ONLY "FIX" IS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AT A $9,000 COST. *TR
10944662 I AM ORIGINAL OWNER. TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. SLIPPING AND HARD SHIFTING. AUTOMATIC AND MANUAL. 70,000 MILES. HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY WHEN DRIVING. BMW TOLD ME TO SELL IT RIGHT AWAY. $9,000 TO REPAIR. SHOULD BE RECALLED. VERY UNHAPPY. PLEASE HELP. *TR
FARS counts every occupant death in a fatal crash, whatever the cause — it does not mean the vehicle was at fault or defective. Counts are not adjusted for how many of each vehicle are on the road.
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Wrench.Pro (2026). 2006 MINI Cooper vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2006/mini/cooper
@misc{wrenchpro_2006_mini_cooper_2026,
author = {Wrench.Pro},
title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 2006 MINI Cooper},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2006/mini/cooper}},
note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}
