The 2021 MINI Cooper has 2 NHTSA recall campaigns affecting an estimated 21,613 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 7 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the electrical system. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Recall campaigns
SEAT BELTS21V5540002021-07-2121,537 affected
Defect
BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2021 2 Series (230i, 230i xDrive, M240i, M240i xDrive), 330e, 330e Xdrive, 4 Series Coupe (430i, 430i xDrive, M440i xDrive) M4 Coupe, M4 Competition Coupe, BMW 4 Series Convertible (430i, M440i), BMW X1 sDrive28i, xDrive28i, 2 Series Gran Coupe (228i, 228i xDrive,…
Consequence
During a crash, a seat belt retractor that does not function as intended increases the risk of injury.
Remedy
Dealers will inspect the seat belt retractors (including the seat belts) and, if necessary, replace the retractors, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on September 3, 2021. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417; 1-866-825-1525 (MINI); 1-877-877-3735 (Rolls Royce); and…
AIR BAGS20V2830002020-05-2076 affected
Defect
BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2020 X1 xDrive28i, X1 sDrive28i, X2 xDrive28i and X2 sDrive28i, 2020 MINI Clubman Cooper S All4, 2021 MINI Hardtop 2 Door (Cooper, Cooper S, John Cooper Works and Cooper S E) and MINI Hardtop 4 Door (Cooper and Cooper S) vehicles. Due to a problem with the…
Consequence
If the safety systems do not deploy as intended in a roll over crash, it may increase the risk of injury.
Remedy
BMW will notify owners, and dealers will replace the air bag control unit, free of charge. The recall began July 17, 2020. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417 or MINI customer service at 1-866-825-1525.
Complaints by component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
3
1fires
AIR BAGS
1
1crashes2injuries
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
1
STEERING
1
TIRES
1
Total complaints7
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“No incident occurred. On october 18th we received a high voltage battery recall notice for this car. Apparently there were some thermal events (fires) and bmw has released software to help protect the car from such an event. We have been trying to get in touch with mini, and just recently found…”
“Digital instrument cluster of electric mini se (includes speedometer and battery/range information) turns off without warning while driving and does not turn back on until car is powered down for over half an hour. This has happened more than ten times. Vehicle was inspected by mini dealer locally…”
“The car completely lost steering in traffic. I brought it back to the mini dealership, they informed me this is a known issue for mini coopers equipped with the click-and-play system, and they needed to re-wire the click-and-play to fix it. However mini decided this should not be a recall. I…”
“After work, I started the car in a parking lot. Before leaving, a fire started under the hood behind the passenger side headlight. After using the jaws of life to take off the hood, the fire department contained the fire. No injuries. There was extensive damage to the right front. The contents…”
“On october 4, 2022, the mini cooper hardtop 4 door was hit in a head-on collision by a driver who was going at least 40 mph, possibly more. The car that hit the cooper was a toyota prius. All the prious' airbags deployed. No airbags deployed on the mini cooper hardtop 4 door. None. The mini…”
“Tire model is: hankook ventus s1 evo z 225/35r18 87y. Failure started when vehicle turned the "check tire pressure" alert on while driving. Pressure started to drop from 32 lbs to 16 lbs in about 15 minutes. Worth to note: no pot hole or any other object was hit during the day of the incident; or…”
“The night of october 24th, while I was driving my cid back screen went to black and there were messages displayed in white color. Bootloader 11.035.000/ ffw 1.8.3 dec 5 2017 next line is displayed hwel:42e5 2.1.5 followed by a large white bar this display stays on even after lock the car. The…”
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2021 MINI Cooper as of
July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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