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What 18 owners told NHTSA about the 2017 Mini Cooper Countryman

These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.

All (18)Crash / fire / injury (4)Lights (5)Transmission & drivetrain (4)Electrical system (3)Airbags (2)Body & structure (2)Engine (2)Seat belts (2)Visibility & wipers (2)Fuel system (1)Seats (1)

1 of 18 complaints match · Fuel system · clear filters

Nov 13, 2019Transmission & drivetrainEngineFuel systemCrash

THE VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP WHEN THE BRAKE WAS RELEASED IT LUNGED FORWARD INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. ANOTHER TIME IN DRIVEWAY VEH WAS BOUGHT TO A STOP IN OUR DRIVEWAY TO TURN AROUND. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS RELEASED AND THE CAR LUNGED INTO A WALL AND THE TIRES CONTINUED TO SPIN UNTIL BRAKES WERE HEAVILY APPLIED

NHTSA ODI 11279886

Working with the data? Download all 18 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 27, 2026

How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2017 Mini Cooper Countryman verdict →