2025 Mini Cooper Convertible problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Visibility/Wiper (1)
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Safety recalls (1)
Seat Belts:front:retractor 2025-09-17 · campaign 25V616000 · 1,571 vehicles
Defect: BMW of North America, LLC is recalling certain 2025-2026 X1 and X2, MINI Cooper Convertible, MINI Cooper, Mini Countryman S ALL4, and 2025 MINI Countryman SE ALL4 vehicles. The torsion bar in both front seat belt retractors may have been damaged during production.
Risk: A damaged seat belt retractor may not properly restrain an occupant during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
Fix: Dealers will replace both front seat belt retractors, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 13, 2025. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) will be searchable on NHTSA.gov on November 7, 2025.
Service bulletins (21)
Technical service bulletins are repair instructions manufacturers send dealers for known issues. Unlike recalls, the fix is not automatically free — but naming the bulletin at the service desk can save diagnosis time and support goodwill repairs.
Electrical System 2026-09-21 · M651226 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
activation of mini personal assistant is not possible via the multifunction steering wheel (mfl) buttonand/or via the mini interaction unit (miu). intelligent voice control via the wake-up word “hey mini” is possible.
Exterior Lighting 2026-06-30 · M630326 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
the front interior reading light(s) (arrows) willrandomly turn on and off while driving. the reading lights are normally activated bytouching the small icons (circled).
Electrical System 2026-06-22 · M651126 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
if mini personal assistant is active in the vehicle, once the customer exits the vehicle and a new key cyclestarts, the mini personal assistant is deactivated and no longer available.
Electrical System 2026-06-19 · M120126 · Emissions
due to an implementation error in various obd diagnostics in the vehicle's control units, in very rare cases itmay happen that stored fault memory codes (dtcs) and the mil (warning light) are not automaticallydeleted even though the underlying malfunction has already been rectified. this does not co
Electrical System 2026-06-16 · M651026 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
after a factory reset of the head unit, the navigation voice input cannot be activated or deactivated.
Electrical System 2026-06-03 · M650826 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
the vehicle may experience various operational issues with apple carplay projected modes such as: dropped connections no automatic reconnection display errors
Showing the 6 most recent of 21 bulletins. Search all of them free at nhtsa.gov.
What owners report
2026-03-18 · Visibility/Wiper“while lowering the convertible top on my mini cooper convertible, the trunk partition was not fully in place. normally, the vehicle will prevent the roof from operating or provide a notification if the partition is not correctly positioned. in this case, the safety interlock system failed to warn me or stop the roof from lowering. while the roof wa…”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.