One problem related to steering column has been reported for the 2011 Mini Cooper. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Dsc and brake light turned appeared on tachometer display in yellow and does not go out. Dsc button if pressed makes no changes to dcs/abs lights on displays. Immediately the following symptoms/issues appeared: steering started to fault like unaligned, brake pedal slightly eratic, blinker turn signal does now not turn off after activating and making a turn. Vehicle has jcw sport brake kit, installed at 30,000 miles, 3 months ago. Vehicle was recently aligned about 2 months ago. Vehicle was scanned with to diagnose falut and fault code was that the switch unit steering column/dsc is faulty. No missing sensors, all are connected in place. No pinched or broken cables. Replaced part #61319253769 msp $550. 00 and mechanic fee of $500. 00 (removal of part, installation, vehicle ecu recoding, and recheck ecu diagnosis. No more error codes and steering, dcs and abs back to normal. Unknown root cause.