NHTSA Campaign 15V450000

STRUCTURE:BODY

Issued by BMW of North America, LLC · Reported Jul 17, 2015 · 30,456 vehicles affected

What's wrong

BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 MINI Cooper and MINI Cooper S Hardtop 2 Door vehicles and 2015 MINI John Cooper Works Hardtop 2 Door vehicles. The affected vehicles do not meet the side impact performance requirements for the rear seat passengers. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 214, "Side Impact Protection."

Consequence

If the side impact performance requirements are not met, rear seat passengers may be at a higher risk of injury during a crash.

Remedy

MINI will notify owners, and dealers will install additional energy absorption material between the rear interior side panels and the exterior vehicle body, free of charge. The recall began on September 4, 2015. Owners may contact MINI customer service at 1-866-825-1525. Note: this recall supersedes 14V-815.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
MINI COOPER 2014 30,456
MINI COOPER 2015 30,456
MINI COOPER S 2014 30,456
MINI COOPER S 2015 30,456
MINI JOHN COOPER WORKS 2015 30,456

Source: NHTSA Campaign 15V450000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.