One problem related to strut tower has been reported for the 2005 Mini Cooper. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2005 Mini Cooper based on all problems reported for the 2005 Cooper.
Complete catastrophic failure of the front passenger strut, strut tower, mount and lower control arm bushing caused by an imperfection on a public, well traveled road. Reports on enthusiast forums of over 216 others suffering the same failure on the same model car and a report in the sept-oct 2007 edition of mc2 magazine citing the need to look for these common flaws on this model car when considering purchasing a used one.
| Suspension problems | |
| Strut Tower problems | |
| Suspension Noise problems |