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Some power steering failures have caused crashes & injuries. Average mileage at failure is well under 100,000 miles & the repair cost is over $1,000. Not good.

8.0

pretty bad
Typical Repair Cost:
$590
Average Mileage:
62,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most Common Solutions:

  1. replaced with oem radiator (1 reports)
2004 Mini Cooper cooling system problems

cooling system problem

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2004 Mini Cooper Owner Comments

problem #1

Oct 162014

Cooper 1.6L

  • CVT transmission
  • 62,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Radiators in cars should never fail at this point. The tanks let go a couple of blocks away from home, spewing hot coolant all over the engine and paint below radiator opening. This cost over $600 to repair alone, and the total to replace the radiator was another $590.

Not impressive at all.

- Ray M., Nashville, TN, US

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