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Electronic stability controlPart report

2006 MINI Cooper S Electronic stability control Problems

Complaints
1about this part
Share
1%of 186 total for the year
Median mileage
70,000miles
Trend
Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.

NHTSA recorded 1 complaints about the electronic stability control of the 2006 MINI Cooper S, 1% of the 186 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 70,000 miles.

Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“In april 2013 I was merging onto highway i20 with my children in the back of my Mini Cooper S 2006. As I was speeding up to merge onto the highway the car completely cut off. I veered over into a median in the middle of six lanes of high-speed traffic. The car had completely shut off, even the hazard lights. I was very lucky that the median was there and that I had not yet entered the main stream of traffic. The police came, then a friend. …”

NHTSA complaint #10550969, filed 2013-11, 70,000 miles

Electronic stability control: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
201012%
200911%
200811%
200710%
200611%
200421%
200331%

Other parts of the 2006 MINI Cooper S

Air bags
67 complaints
Steering
48 complaints
Electrical system
23 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
22 complaints
Engine cooling
15 complaints
Seats
15 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
11 complaints
Other or unknown
9 complaints
Engine
7 complaints
Fuel system
7 complaints
Brakes
3 complaints
Suspension
3 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2006 MINI Cooper S

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 28, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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