At nearly 16k miles, they say: "Lots of squeaks and rattles for a $30k car." They add that a cheaper Ford Fiesta is "better put together."

When I complain to the dealer about a squeak in the driver's door, they apply a lubricant that doesn't solve the problem for long and that say they have to wait for a service bulletin.

 

I've followed this forum for a while. Seems that there are far more satisfied owners than disgruntled. If it's man made with sports suspension, it's likely to have a rattle or two....who cares?

 

I've had my 2014 MCS for a little over a year now and zero rattles or creaks. There are always going to "some" affected by defects and those "some" are the most vocal on forums too.

 

Have mine nearly a year and put 19,000 miles on her. Absolutely no complaints.

 

the only real complaint i have about mine are the dozens of squeaks and rattles.
Mine is a '15 S that i purposefully ordered with the 16" wheels and no sport suspension as I figured the softer ride might cause less noises to develop.

It needed to have the control arm bushings replaced after only 1k mile or so which caused a loud clunking in the front end. The rear shocks were replaced in an attempt to cure the knocking in the rear suspension which didn't totally work.

My door seals creak. The glove box door and/or something on the passenger side dash makes a creaking noise. There are numerous noises coming out of the doors.

The interior does look and feel to be huge step up in terms of the materials used, but unfortunately they just aren't designed to fit properly or assembled quite right. My car only has 10k miles and shouldn't be making this much noise.

My ol' 2011 WRX that was often slammed for interior quality may have had more hard plastics, but surprisingly it didn't have any squeaks or rattles.

 

Neither of my MINIs had/has any rattles. I wonder if one's luck might correlate directly to the number of pot holes in one's most traveled roads. Mine have none.

 

I feel like we must be driving different cars. We're on our 5th MINI and all have had tons of rattles within a year of ownership. The F56 turned out to be the same, sadly.

 

On his 5th.....rattles in them all. He just made my point.

 

I don't really understand either, the F56 feels so much better made than all the rest. It's not enough to turn us off the brand, but it is annoying nonetheless.

 

When it's warm, no rattle. Now that it's cooled down the passenger door (maybe the passenger rear also) rattle. Second one with weeping washer nozzle (driver's side). If it was for the fact that I love the way these cars drive...

 

FWIW, my R56 had tons of rattles. The only rattle dealer fixed was the one coming from sunroof controls box. When I was active in the forum, almost everyone I talked to had rattles and I drove on east coast with tar roads. Texas roads are unforgiving concrete.

 

Ok, second guess on source of rattles: run flat tires. I don't use them.

 

Neither have we. Though they do seem worse when it's cold. I actually never hear them when it's warm out, only in the mornings when it's cold.

 

32,000 miles, sport suspension, 16" wheels with no rattles. Solid as the day I bought it! Great car.

 

Same here, it's got the same squeaks as the day I bought it.

11k, DDC and 16"

 

It wouldn't be a Mini unless the sunroof rattled, all 4 of mine have had that issue. From the R50 all the way up to the F56. You got to know what you're getting into when you own a Mini.

 

Have 16k miles and this is my 5th MINI, no squeaks and rattles and I got the recall for the rear compartment crash safety done, I have 17" and Sport Suspension, plus I drive on Tampa's road which are all brick and potholes, my previous two MINI's had squeaks and rattles but I got one with 106k miles and the other with 60k miles in a junk car lot, so they were both pretty beat up. My first two had no rattles at all, but I traded them in after 20k miles and all have been Clubman except for my F56.

 

Our 2015 4 Door had rattles from passenger door area and light switch area near rear view mirror. Annoying on city streets. Only about 4K miles. Our dealer East Bay Mini fixed both rattles. They did a thorough job which included taking the door apart.
My take is that Mini could prevent these rattles with some changes at the factory. But if you have a good dealer, they can fix it.
This Mini is far quieter than our previous 2006 and 2008 models. We love it.