I PURCHASED THE CAR NEW IN SEPTEMBER 1998. ON DECEMBER 13, 1999 I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. I WAS DRIVING TO WORK THAT MORNING ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE, I-285 EAST, IT WAS AROUND 7:30 AM AND TRAFFIC WAS BUMPER TO BUMPER. TRAFFIC BEGAN MOVING AND I WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME SLAMMED ON HIS BRAKES AND I HIT HIM. THE NOSE OF MY CARE WAS SMASHED SO HARD THAT THE HOOD CRUMPLED INTO A TEPEE AND WAS PUSHED BACK INTO THE WINDSHIELD CAUSING THE GLASS TO CRACK. I COULDN'T OPEN MY DOORS BECAUSE THE IMPACT HAD PUSHED THE DOORS BACK SO THEY OVERLAPPED THE BACK QUARTER PANELS AND WERE JAMMED. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT. THIS WAS A DEAD ON FRONT IMPACT ACCIDENT IN A PRACTICALLY BRAND NEW CAR AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS NOT A SINGLE INCH OF THE FRONT END THAT DIDN'T TAKE THE IMPACT SO THERE IS NO WAY IT "MISSED THE SENSORS". THE DAMAGE TO THE CAR ENDED UP BEING OVER $10,000.00. THE AIRBAGS SERIOUSLY MALFUNCTIONED AND I WAS LUCKY THAT I WASN'T INJURED.*JB