The 2017 MINI Cooper has 3 recalls, the most serious being a driver's seatbelt retractor that may not lock properly during hard braking, leaving the belt with slack at the moment it is most needed and raising the risk of injury in a crash.
A second recall covers the seat-mounted side airbag: the inflator's initiator can fail to ignite, which means the airbag will not deploy in a crash and the occupant loses that layer of side-impact protection. The third recall applies only to Clubman variants and involves the inner bumper-mounted brake light cutting out whenever the turn signal is active at the same time. A driver braking while signaling a turn may become invisible to following traffic, since the center brake light goes dark precisely when other drivers need to see it.
At a glance
What can fail
The inner brake light mounted in the bumper turns off when you brake while the turn signal is on, causing the brake light to be invisible during that combination of actions.
What the fix does
Dealers will reprogram the vehicle's brake lighting system to fix the issue at no cost to you.
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Summarized — see the official notice for exact wording, dates, and contacts.
At a glance
What can fail
The seat-mounted side airbag inflator initiators may fail to ignite in a crash, preventing the airbag from deploying.
What the fix does
Dealers will replace the affected airbag modules at no cost to you.
Summarized — see the official notice for exact wording, dates, and contacts.
At a glance
What can fail
The driver's seat belt emergency locking mechanism may fail to lock properly during sudden deceleration or a crash.
What the fix does
Dealers will replace the driver's seat belt assembly at no cost.
Summarized — see the official notice for exact wording, dates, and contacts.
