Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 1997-2001 models
Tested vehicle: 1998 Jeep Cherokee Sport 4-door 4wd
The Jeep Cherokee was introduced in the 1984 model year. Frontal airbags for both the driver and passenger became standard beginning with the 1997 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 was reasonably well controlled. There was far too much upward movement of the steering wheel, which contributed to the dummy's head bottoming out the airbag and hitting the steering wheel. |
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, together with the footwell intrusion, indicate that the driver space wasn't maintained well.
Upward movement of the steering wheel contributed to the dummy's head bottoming out the airbag and hitting the wheel.
Intrusion into the footwell area caused separation of the floor, which trapped the dummy's left foot under the brake pedal and contributed to high crash forces near the ankle.
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | CF98012 |
|---|---|
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 28 |
| Left (cm) | 26 |
| Center (cm) | 18 |
| Right (cm) | 21 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 20 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 4 |
| Right (cm) | 4 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 19 |
| Rearward (cm) | -2 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 5 |
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | CF98012 |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 273 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 60 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 2.3 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 32 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.52 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 24 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 5.0 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 4.0 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 1 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 5 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 1.52 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 0.87 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 2.7 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 4.3 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 111 |
| Right | 138 |