The Lemon Index$1,100 middle bill · most between $900 and $1,300
About the same as the $1,000 middle bill owners of all 37 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 65,000 miles (42 reports).
Mini Cooper owners reported paying a median of $1,100 for a power steering pump replacement, with the middle half of bills between $900 and $1,300. That's from 44 owner reports (44 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5005%
- $500–$1,00025%
- $1,000–$2,50066%
- $2,500–$5,0005%
- $5,000 and up0%
Share of the 44 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2002 Mini Cooper3$1,000 middle bill
- 2003 Mini Cooper7$1,200 middle bill
- 2004 Mini Cooper14$950 middle bill
- 2005 Mini Cooper17$1,200 middle bill
- 2006 Mini Cooper2too few for a middle
- 2016 Mini Cooper1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2005 Mini Cooper222 complaints name it26% of that year's complaints
- 2004 Mini Cooper177 complaints name it33% of that year's complaints
- 2003 Mini Cooper106 complaints name it20% of that year's complaints
- 2002 Mini Cooper48 complaints name it18% of that year's complaints
- 2006 Mini Cooper30 complaints name it7% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a steering rack / power steering. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Keep going
- Mini Cooper reliability by year
- Power steering pump replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Mini Cooper owners reported
Timing chain replacement (37) · Transmission replacement (32) · Engine replacement (13) · Turbocharger replacement (8) · Clutch replacement (5) · Timing belt replacement (5) · Water pump replacement (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 10985774, 10734526, 10619109, 10537003, 10497998, 10497590, 10474121, 10473282, 10456723, 10447208, 10445041, 10442431 and more.
Quick answers
How much does power steering pump replacement cost on a Mini Cooper?
Mini Cooper owners reported a median of $1,100, and the middle half paid $900 to $1,300, from 44 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Mini Cooper power steering pump replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Mini Cooper middle bill of $1,100 is about the same as the $1,000 owners of all 37 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Mini Cooper repair costs come from?
From 44 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Mini Cooper years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2005 (222), 2004 (177), 2003 (106) Mini Cooper named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.