1998 Nissan Frontier
small pickup / Regular cab pickup
Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 1998-2004 models
Tested vehicle: 1998 Nissan Frontier XE regular cab
The Nissan Frontier was introduced in the 1998 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 too much upward movement of the steering wheel. After the dummy moved forward into the airbag, it rebounded into the seat. Then it moved toward the driver door, which had bowed outward, and its head hit the B-pillar. |
Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test.
Post-crash damage shot.
The steering wheel moved up sharply during the offset test. This contributed to the dummy's head bottoming out the airbag and hitting the wheel.
Technical measurements for this test
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | CF98005 |
|---|---|
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 20 |
| Left (cm) | 23 |
| Center (cm) | 21 |
| Right (cm) | 15 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 23 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 8 |
| Right (cm) | 8 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 14 |
| Rearward (cm) | 3 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 4 |
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | CF98005 |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 642 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 84 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 1.8 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 13 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.36 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 38 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 0.4 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 3.8 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 0 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 9 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 1.40 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 1.17 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 7.9 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 4.0 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 203 |
| Right | 133 |