2003 BMW Mini Cooper from UK and Ireland - Comments

11th Mar 2004, 17:27

"Great fun, great looking, but flawed"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

Boot wouldn't close and then when it did it wouldn't open again!

Windows would drop open an inch or two.

2000 miles windows wound themselves down and doors unlocked themselves.

Front wheel bearing went.

General comments?

This is a great car and despite some annoying teething problems I fully intend to get another one.

Biggest worry was the doors unlocking and the windows opening themselves. It did this whilst it was parked unattended outside my in laws for a couple of days. If it had been left in an airport carpark I probably wouldn't be the owner now!!

The car has very low depreciation which makes the niggling reliability problems easier to bear.

Straightline performance is adequate, but the handling is absolutely superb, the best I've had since an old Fiat X1/9.


20th Sep 2004, 15:56

Did you manage to get to the bottom of the windows winding down by themselves? We too have that problem.

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