Fisher price's solvakian sister company made the interiors on them.
Unless you are gay, a middle aged woman or a young girl you wouldnt want to be seen in one (IMO)
Whiney PAS pump
Flatspot between 2,000 and 5.500rpm on the non s versions
Well overpriced and unless you spend ££££s you'll have a Pov spec car. I worked out to get a cooper s to 182 spec you'd have to pay about £18k then need a further 4.5k for the JCW pack to try and get it to perform as well.
Kazoo noise on cooper s models
boot you can just about fit a packet of condoms and a can of coke in
crashy runflat tyres on some models give a horrible ride
steering column rubs against your feet (maybe that one only effects size12 + though)
steering too heavily assisted
gearshift notchy
Build quality issues aplenty:
Gearshift cables were dodgy
Seat frames creaked and failed
underbonnet insulation used to sag and burn
OBD (general body control units) used to fill with water, this was initially remedied with a teflon sack and some silicon seal then when that didnt work a plastic cap and silicon seal(bodging c*nts) If it did fill with water you'd suffer CL faults alarm faults and general failures of anything in the cabin that was electrical.
Shells were often not bodysealed on seams at all or with the correct(fully hardening or part hardening) sealant resulting in more leeks than a welsh national dish.
scuttle grills were part foam that used to fall apart
Cooper s' had a poxy little fan below the electric PAS motor in a vain attempt to cool it down, this due to its position and lack of guard used to get broken and fail resulting in an overheating PAS pump and loss of A/C followed by engine overheating and if really unlucky small underbonnet fire.
Gearbox bearings used to fail.
Wheelbearings used to fail.
Thats just the recalls and faults i can remember and i havnt worked there for 2years so no doubt theres more and ones ive forgotten.
