2013 MINI COOPER S — Complaint #2087456
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BODY CONTROL MODULE/BCM filed April 30, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2087456 (ODI reference 11657794) concerns a 2013 MINI COOPER S and was filed on April 30, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on April 30, 2024. The vehicle had 62,137 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Indiana based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:body control module/bcm, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same MINI COOPER S cohort independently describe similar electrical system:body control module/bcm failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2013 MINI COOPER S shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact called on behalf of the owner of the 2013 Mini Cooper S. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the passengerâs side window was inoperative. No warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and was diagnosed and determined that the body control module and the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired under an unknown recall. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 62,137.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2087456 |
| ODI Number | 11657794 |
| Date Filed | April 30, 2025 |
| Failure Date | April 30, 2024 |
| VIN | WMWSV3C53DT |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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