The 2016 MINI Cooper S has 3 recalls, the most serious involving the front passenger airbag, which may fail to deploy in a low-speed crash and leave the passenger with less protection than expected.
The driver's seatbelt retractor can also be slow to lock during hard braking, particularly if the driver has shifted forward in the seat before the belt engages, which raises the risk of injury in a collision. On the exterior lighting side, certain Clubman variants have a brake light mounted in the rear bumper that goes dark when the turn signal is activated at the same time, which can confuse following drivers and raise the risk of a rear-end crash.