71 NHTSA owner complaints for the 2003 MINI Cooper mention the power steering pump. Usable reported mileage (n=68) has a median of 77,000 mi.
Owner complaints whose text directly mentions this component.
Same vehicle, mapped category, part not named.
Replacement listings that match this model year.
These figures describe mileage reported in owner complaints submitted to NHTSA. They do not represent the failure rate of all vehicles.
A failing power steering pump can make the steering suddenly heavy. Have a new groan, leak, or heavy steering inspected.
This describes how this component can affect control, stopping, cooling, or fuel containment. It is not a recall, not a statement that this vehicle is unsafe to keep driving, and not a generic list of unrelated automotive hazards.
71 NHTSA owner complaints for this model year mention the power steering pump.
No additional related-system complaints were counted for this pair.
Among 68 direct-mention reports with usable odometer data, the median reported mileage is 77,000 mi.
25th percentile 63,000 mi; 75th percentile 101,450 mi. These figures describe mileage reported in owner complaints submitted to NHTSA. They do not represent the failure rate of all vehicles.
Mechanically related parts include serpentine belt. Similar symptoms can come from those parts or from the broader system, not only from a failed power steering pump.
Use the related-component links on this page when those combinations are published. A system-category NHTSA report is not proof that this specific part failed.
Direct mentions are NHTSA owner narratives that contain this component or an accepted alias. Related-system counts are complaints in a mapped category that do not name the part. They are never merged. Mileage statistics use odometer values from 1 to 400,000 miles. This is not a failure rate.