Mini Cooper Roadster
Registered from 2012 to 2015.
Where it stands out against its peers
- Electrical system: more complaints than 92% of 2012 cars — 41% of its 68 complaints, where an ordinary 2012 car has 16%.
- Seats: more complaints than 95% of 2012 cars — 7% of its 68 complaints, where an ordinary 2012 car has 2%.
Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.
Crash test
| Stability control | Standard |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 8.1 L/100km (EPA) · 9.0 L/100km city · 7.1 motorway |
| 2014 | 1230 kg · 2470 mm wheelbase · 8.1 L/100km (EPA) · 9.0 L/100km city · 6.9 motorway · Roadster |
| 2013 | 1195 kg · 2470 mm wheelbase · 7.8 L/100km (EPA) · 8.7 L/100km city · 6.9 motorway · Roadster |
| 2012 | 1195 kg · 2470 mm wheelbase · 7.8 L/100km (EPA) · 8.7 L/100km city · 6.9 motorway · Roadster |
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Mini filed 103 bulletins about the 2013 Cooper Roadster.
- Electrical system: 27
- Equipment: 24
- Engine and engine cooling: 12
- Engine: 11
- Equipment adaptive/mobility: 6
- Fuel system, gasoline: 5
- Power train: 3
- Service brakes: 3
- Service brakes, hydraulic: 3
- Seats: 2
- Other: 7
- The Footwell Module (FRM) limited warranty for defects in materials and / or workmanship has been supplementarily increased to 15 years / 186,000 miles as determined from the original first… · March 2025
- The Footwell Module (FRM) limited warranty for defects in materials and / or workmanship has been supplementarily increased to 15 years / 240,000 miles as determined from the original first… · March 2025
- MINI electrical systems have continued to develop over the past few years. As a result, the demand on the batteries has increased. Breakdowns due to an empty battery or problems in the vehicles… · November 2023
- New RDC wheel electronics will be introduced with future generation MINI models. The new wheel electronics are identified as Huf Generation 5. These new wheel electronics will need to be programmed… · January 2022
- OC3 SEAT OCCUPANCY MAT - LIMITED WARRANTY EXTENSION TO 10 YEARS/120,000 MILES: Component-Specific Limited Warranty Extension For the above-referenced vehicles, MINI USA, a division of BMW of North… · September 2020
- CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT: N14 HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL PUMP (HDP) SERVICE BENEFIT CLASS VEHICLES: The MINI vehicle may experience a sudden engine operational failure reduced or loss of power while driving… · February 2020
- Air Conditioning System Leak Testing. The customer complains of poor or no air conditioning cooling. After further diagnosis, the system is found to be low or empty of a refrigerant charge, but when… · July 2019
- N18 THERMOSTAT WITH THERMOSTAT HOUSING: LIMITED WARRANTY EXTENSION TO 10 YEARS/ This Service Information bulletin supersedes SI M01 02 18 dated May 2018. · May 2019
95 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.