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Mini Countryman SE reliability & recalls
NHTSA data · verified Oct 8, 2026 · How to read this →
Recall history
Most recent first. Every campaign below has a remedy on file with NHTSA. Expand a row for what NHTSA says and how it's fixed.
Sep 17, 2025 Seat Belts / Front / Retractor Airbags & seat belts Remedy available
1,571 vehicles · Initiated by Mini
The issue (NHTSA): BMW of North America, LLC is recalling certain 2025-2026 X1 and X2, MINI Cooper Convertible, MINI Cooper, Mini Countryman S ALL4, and 2025 MINI Countryman SE ALL4 vehicles. The torsion bar in both front seat belt retractors may have been damaged during production.
Remedy (NHTSA): Dealers will replace both front seat belt retractors, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 13, 2025. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) will be searchable on NHTSA.gov on November 7, 2025.
NHTSA campaign 25V616000 ↗What owners report
No owner complaints have been classified for the Mini Countryman SE yet.
What this means
Every mainstream EV on the road carries recalls on its NHTSA file — a recall is the system working: a known issue gets documented and, almost always, fixed for free.
What actually matters is whether the remedies have shipped and whether NHTSA still has open questions. For the Mini Countryman SE, the single recall on file has a remedy available, and no NHTSA investigations are currently open.
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Frequently asked questions
Is the Mini Countryman SE reliable?
"Reliability" is measured differently by different sources, and NHTSA doesn't publish a reliability score. What its public file — the basis for this page — shows for the Mini Countryman SE is 1 recall, all with a remedy available, no open investigations, and 0 owner-submitted complaints — which are unverified reports, not confirmed defects. For predicted-reliability and owner-satisfaction verdicts, Consumer Reports and J.D. Power run large owner-survey panels; check their model pages for those ratings.
Does the Mini Countryman SE have any recalls?
Yes — NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the Mini Countryman SE. It has a remedy available. The most recent was filed Sep 17, 2025 and involved Seat Belts / Front / Retractor. A recall is how a known issue gets fixed — usually free of charge — so the presence of recalls isn't the same as an unresolved problem.
Does the Mini Countryman SE have battery problems?
NHTSA's file shows no battery or high-voltage recalls for the Mini Countryman SE, and no owner complaints classified to the battery category.