This price is 87.3 percent higher than the fair price.
Low price: $3484
Fair price: $4268
High price: $5051
MPG: /
Interior Color: Panther Black\/Panther Black
Color: Blue
Dealer: Steve Rayman Chevrolet
Mileage: 107,939
Year: 2002
Ownership Cost for 2002 MINI Cooper Base
Estimated: $33425 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$1448
$695
$608
$550
$492
$3793
Insurance
$1451
$1502
$1554
$1609
$1665
$7781
Fuel
$1130
$1164
$1205
$1253
$1310
$6062
Maintenance
$2763
$2005
$994
$680
$2291
$8733
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$403
$403
$403
$403
$403
$598
Total Ownership Costs
$8173
$6550
$5718
$5546
$7438
$33425
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Hatchback/Liftback/Notchback
Displacement CC: 1600.0
Displacement CI: 97.5
Displacement L: 1.6
Doors: 2
Engine Cylinders: 4
Engine HP: 114
Engine KW: 85.0098
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: MINI
Manufacturer: BMW AG
Manufacturer Id: 966
Model: Cooper
Model Year: 2002
Other Restraint System Info: Driver and Passenger Dual-stage Advanced Supplemental Restraint System (SRS)
Plant City: Oxford
Plant Country: United Kingdom (UK)
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: Cooper
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2006
AIR BAGS
THE AIRBAGS LIGHT CAME ON FOR NO REASON AT ALL. DOING RESEARCH I FOUND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM! AND APPARENTLY MINI USA IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY OF IT. *TR
2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I WAS DRIVING MY 2002 MINI ON THE FREEWAY AT 65 MPH AND I FELT A SUDDEN JOLTING AND SENSED A BACKWARD FORCE IMPEDING IT FROM GOING FORWARD. LUCKILY, IT WAS NIGHT TIME AND THERE WEREN'T MANY CARS, BECAUSE MY MINI STOPPED GOING FORWARD AND WAS MERELY RUNNING ON MOMENTUM. THE CAR GOT WORSE AND STARTED MAKING A LOUD CLUNKING SOUND FROM WHERE THE TRANSMISSION SITS AND THE CAR CONTINUED JOLTING NOT GOING FORWARD AS I BARELY HAD ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO PULL TO THE SHOULDER. AFTER TURNING OFF THE ENGINE AND CHECKING THAT EVERYTHING WAS FINE BY APPEARANCE (NO OIL LEAK, NO BLOWN GASKET, ETC), I RESTARTED THE CAR FINE, BUT THE CAR NEVER AGAIN ENGAGED INTO GEAR UNTIL I SPENT A WHOPPING $7,000 TO FIX IT. I WOULD SHIFT INTO D AND THE ENGINE WOULD REV, BUT THE CAR STAYED INERT. THE TRANSMISSION IS A CLOSED SYSTEM AND WHEN NO HARM IS DONE TO IT AND NO FLUID IS NOT LEAKING, TRANSMISSIONS SHOULDN'T POSE ANY PROBLEMS AT CONSIDERABLY LOW MILES (99K). I STARTED RESEARCHING ON THE POSSIBLE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND SURE ENOUGH, THERE WAS A LONG LIST OF COMPLAINTS ON THE FAULTY DESIGN. NEXT, I HAD TO SHOP FOR MECHANICS. ALL THE EXPERIENCED MINI MECHANICS TOLD ME THAT BMW OFFERED NO REPLACEMENT PARTS BECAUSE OF A PATENT THE INVENTOR HAD ON THE CVT DESIGN. I HAD TO HAVE THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION REPLACED BECAUSE THERE WERE NO OPTIONS BMW LEFT FOR THE CONSUMER. IT WAS EITHER YOU PAY $7,000 OR YOUR MINI WILL BE SCRAPPED AND NEVER RUN AGAIN. MY MECHANIC WAS NICE ENOUGH TO CHOP OPEN THE TRANSMISSION AND SAW THAT IT WAS JUST A METAL BELT THAT DRIVES THE TRANSMISSION THAT WAS BROKEN. A SIMPLE BELT THAT PROBABLY COSTS NO MORE THAN $200 COULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND A WHOLE LOT OF CONSUMER MONEY COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED IF THE PART WAS AVAILABLE TO THE US- NOT TO MENTION THE WHOLE ORDEAL WOULDN'T BE THERE IF BMW HAD DESIGNED A RELIABLE TRANSMISSION IN THE FIRST PLACE, (IE USE A REGULAR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION INSTEAD OF A CVT WHEN THE CVT HAS NOT BE FULLY TESTED FOR ITS RELIABILITY). *TR
