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IIHS Low Speed Crash Results: Midsize SUV's

Bumpers should protect car bodies from damage in low-speed collisions, the kind that frequently occur in congested urban traffic. But many don't. The Institute conducts four 5 mph crash tests to assess bumper performance: front-into-flat-barrier, rear-into-flat-barrier, front-into-angle-barrier, and rear-into-pole. Vehicles are listed in alphabetical order by manufacturer.

NOTE: Repair costs are as of November 2001. Where two or more models are grouped together on the same line, bumper tests were conducted on the model listed first.

  Front
into
flat
barrier
Rear
into
flat
barrier
Front
into
angle
barrier
Rear
into
pole
All
four
tests

Average
damage
per test

ACURA MDX      
2001 models $128 $293 $679 $755 $1,855 $464
BMW X5      
2001 models $928 $273 $1,077 $196 $2,474 $619
BUICK RENDEZVOUS      
2002 models $213 $798 $1,123 $3,683 $5,817 $1,454
CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER      

2002 models

$811 $0 $879 $755 $2,445 $611
CHEVROLET BLAZER
GMC JIMMY
      
1996 models $650 $1,069 $1,808 $1,346 $4,873 $1,218
DODGE DURANGO      
1999 models $1,701 $797 $1,941 $1,9661 $6,405 $1,601
    $1,3802 $5,819 $1,455
FORD EXPLORER 
2002 models$1,127$272$2,334$1,699$5,432$1,358
1996 models $946 $1,505 $2,388 $1,162 $6,001 $1,500
ISUZU AXIOM      

2002 models

$948 $685 $1,621 $1,583 $4,837 $1,209
ISUZU RODEO
HONDA PASSPORT
 
2000 models $1,860 $1,017 $2,065 $607 $5,549 $1,387
1996 models $1,283 $2,570 $2,189 $2,500 $8,542 $2,136
ISUZU TROOPER      
2000 models $2,921 $2,867 $2,391 $3,654 $11,833 $2,958
JEEP LIBERTY      
2002 models $809 $1,719 $1,649 $1,490 $5,667 $1,417
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 
1999 models $846 $1,040 $1,891 $2,349 $6,126 $1,532
1996 models $802 $1,849 $2,244 $2,135 $7,030 $1,758
LAND ROVER DISCOVERY 
1999 models $956 $1,293 $2,617 $849 $5,715 $1,429
1996 models $760 $2,579 $3,061 $1,443 $7,843 $1,961
LEXUS RX 300      
1999 models $477 $349 $1,493 $1,267 $3,586 $897
MERCEDES M CLASS      
1999 models $385 $128 $1,070 $1,754 $3,337 $834
MITSUBISHI MONTERO 
2001 models $1,257 $2,559 $2,618 $2,897 $9,331 $2,333
1996 models $568 $2,792 $2,075 $1,308 $6,743 $1,686
MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT      
1999 models $1,283 $1,355 $2,344 $1,921 $6,903 $1,726
NISSAN PATHFINDER
INFINITI QX4
      
1997 models $1,169 $1,714 $3,020 $3,306 $9,209 $2,302
NISSAN XTERRA      
2000 models $677 $951 $2,148 $1,104 $4,880 $1,220
PONTIAC AZTEK      

2001 models

$358 $404 $486 $2,302 $3,550 $888
SUZUKI GRAND VITARA XL-7      

2001 models

$681 $1,626 $1,549 $2,095 $5,951 $1,488
TOYOTA 4RUNNER      
1996 models $926 $2,292 $2,246 $2,831 $8,295 $2,074
TOYOTA HIGHLANDER      

2001 models

$650 $414 $1,480 $542 $3,086 $772

1 First test, in which tailgate opened on impact.

2 Second test, with improved rear bumper (on a later-production Durango). Tailgate remained fully latched on impact.

Other low-speed results
• Midsize utility vehicles frontal offset crash tests summary


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