America is recalling model year 2014-2015 of the MINI Cooper. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) documents indicate that the vehicles do not meet the side impact performance requirements for its rear seat passengers.
According to a report by cars.com, BMW estimates that 30,400 units of the 2014-2015 MINI Cooper Hardtop Two Door models and S models, as well as model-year 2015 John Cooper Works Two Door models, released in the U.S. will be affected by the recall.
MINI parent BMW will notify owners and dealers of the vehicles that they will install additional energy absorption material between the rear interior side panels and the exterior vehicle body for free. The recall is expected to begin September 12, 2015.
For more information and clarifications, owners can call Mini at 866-825-1525 or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration at 888-327-4236.
Meanwhile, We Make It Safer reported that other model cars of the BMW have also been recalled from the year 2003 up to the recent months.
A previous recall has been made in the year 2012. We Make It Safer also listed the following recalled units: model year 2007-2011 Mini Cooper S, 2008-2011 Mini Cooper S Clubman, 2009-2011 Mini Cooper S Convertible, 2009-2011 Mini Cooper JCW, 2009-2011 Mini Cooper JCW Clubman, 2009-2011 Cooper JCW Convertible, and 2011 Cooper S Countryman passenger cars manufactured from November 14, 2006 through January 18, 2011.
NHTSA also published a recall last April 18, 2015, saying that the model year 2005-2006 MINI Cooper and Cooper S vehicles manufactured January 5, 2005 to November 28, 2006, and the 2005-2008 MINI Cooper Convertible and Cooper S Convertible vehicles manufactured January 5, 2005 to July 31, 2008, have improper functioning mats that may cause the passenger frontal air bags to become inactive when the seat is occupied, We Make It Safer added.
The remedy has been made in May 1, 2015 when the company replaced the vehicles' front passenger seat occupant detection mats for no charge.
The recall has been made because the electric auxiliary water pump of the said vehicles has an electronic circuit board that can malfunction and overheat, and which can in turn result in a vehicle fire if its circuit board has been smoldered.
The issue was solved on February 2012, as BMW replaced the water pump of their models for free.
