2002 MINI Cooper transmission problems

I just found this web site and after reading through the various issues other people are having with their mini, I decided I should also go ahead and share my issues as well. Back in april of 2004, I was hit on the front passenger side by a honda accord traveling about 50 miles an hour and my airbags failed to deploy. I never had a check engine light or an airbag light for that matter but it's a scary thought not having your airbags deploy, especially at such a high speed of impact.

I am the second owner (both older ladies), of a 2002 automatic mini cooper with 46,000 miles. Yesterday while driving home from work the tranny failed. It downshifted or something and the ep warning light came on, which means transmission failure and I was two feet away from being rear ended! I could have been killed. After researching on line, I have read great amounts of consumers with the same complaint.