Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 1999-2000 models
Tested vehicle: 1999 Chrysler LHS 4-door
The Chrysler LHS was redesigned for the 1999 model year and the Chrysler 300M was introduced in the 1999 model year.
| Overall evaluation | |
|---|---|
| Structure and safety cage | |
| Driver injury measures | |
| Head/neck | |
| Chest | |
| Leg/foot, left | |
| Leg/foot, right | |
| Driver restraints and dummy kinematics Dummy movement wasn't well controlled. The airbag deployed too late, and the dummy's head hit the steering wheel. Then the dummy's head continued to move forward, pushing the wheel against the instrument panel. During rebound, the dummy moved toward the driver door, and its head hit the B-pillar. |
Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test.
The dummy's position in relation to the steering wheel and instrument panel after the crash test indicates that the driver's survival space wasn't maintained well.
Airbag deployment occurred so late in the crash that the bag didn't get between the driver's head and the steering wheel. The dummy's head hit the steering wheel hard.
Moderate to major footwell intrusion contributed to the likelihood of left lower leg injury.
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | CF99020 |
|---|---|
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 18 |
| Left (cm) | 25 |
| Center (cm) | 31 |
| Right (cm) | 21 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 25 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 10 |
| Right (cm) | 8 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 6 |
| Rearward (cm) | 8 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 11 |
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | CF99020 |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 739 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 95 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 3.6 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 21 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.53 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 32 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 4.2 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 5.4 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 1 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 0 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 1.47 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 1.01 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 3.6 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 6.0 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 94 |
| Right | 98 |