FaultScore

Worst years for a Mini Countryman

Owners have filed 157 complaints about the Mini Countryman with NHTSA across model years 2014 to 2025. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

2025 Mini Countryman

35 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly driver assist & collision avoidance.

Cleanest on record

2019 Mini Countryman

16 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Mini Countryman year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2025 F 35 4 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2024 1 0 0 Airbags
2023 1 0 0 Other & Unspecified
2022 2 1 0 Other & Unspecified
2021 3 0 0 Acceleration & Cruise Control
2020 8 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2019 B 16 1 0 Engine & Cooling
2018 B 15 0 0 13,500 Engine & Cooling
2017 9 0 3 36,000 Electrical System
2016 D 24 2 7 39,500 Airbags
2015 C 18 0 3 53,250 Engine & Cooling
2014 D 25 1 1 58,500 Electrical System

What breaks on a Mini Countryman

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Worst in 2014

Engine & Cooling 23 14.6%

Worst in 2016

Other & Unspecified 23 14.6%

Worst in 2014

Airbags 10 6.4%

Worst in 2016

Brakes 10 6.4%

Worst in 2025

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 10 6.4%

Worst in 2025

Steering 9 5.7%

Worst in 2018

Fuel & Propulsion 9 5.7%

Worst in 2019

Lights 8 5.1%

Worst in 2014

Body & Structure 7 4.5%

Worst in 2016

Transmission & Drivetrain 5 3.2%

Worst in 2016

Acceleration & Cruise Control 4 2.5%

Worst in 2025

Doors, Latches & Locks 3 1.9%

Worst in 2015

Wheels 2 1.3%

Worst in 2020

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Mini Countryman, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Apr 2018 peak 6 Aug 2026

Compare the Mini Countryman

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.