Three problems related to air bag have been reported for the 2012 Mini Cooper Countryman. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2012 Mini Cooper Countryman based on all problems reported for the 2012 Cooper Countryman.
Mini coopers have faulty transmission problems, and well mine today it's transmission went out when I had my ac on, the car stalled in the middle of the highway in the middle of the road with oncoming traffic and refused to budge, like seriously this is highly dangerous on the interstate.
Passenger side airbag light on with no one in seat. The repair shop stated that there is a seat sensor fault code is 93c3(passenger seat occupancy detector). If there is an accident the airbag may not deploy. I was told to by the BMW of hawaii in kona that it will cost $2030 for parts and labor.
The front passenger occupancy detector (or oc3) failed, making the passenger airbags inoperable. This is a common problem with Minis and many other models have had the mat warranty extended. The dealer confirmed that the oc3 is bad but wanted $800 just to order the part which is embedded in the seat cushion. Consumers shouldn't have to bear the cost of a defective vital safety component that should last the life of the car.