There are lots of problems that I could characterize as typical, but overheating and power steering problems are not among them. Typical problems would be, or have been, as most have been fixed either with production-line upgrades or repair to existing cars: Yo-yo, Stumble, reluctant cold starting, heat-distorted roof, leaky coolant overflow bottle, leaky taillamp, steering pull to side, boot latch that won't latch, and others. I've had all of the above, except the steering pull and cold start, and all were fixed quickly under warranty (that is, quickly after the fix was found . . .). My car is a fairly early example, so I would expect later cars to demonstrate none of the listed problems. I just passed 24,000 miles of motoring, and would not hestitate to buy another Cooper S.