2002 Pontiac Aztek
midsize SUV / 4-door SUV
Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 2001-05 models
Tested vehicle: 2001 Pontiac Aztek GT 4-door 4wd
The Pontiac Aztek was introduced in the 2001 model year and discontinued after the 2005 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. The airbag deployed late, and the dummy's head nearly hit the steering wheel through the airbag. There was too much upward steering wheel movement. |
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 was maintained reasonably well.
The airbag deployed so late that the dummy's head nearly hit the steering wheel. Forces on the head were moderately high.
Despite moderate intrusion into the driver footwell area, injury measures on the legs and feet were low.
Technical measurements for this test
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | CEF0114 |
|---|---|
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 13 |
| Left (cm) | 23 |
| Center (cm) | 22 |
| Right (cm) | 17 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 22 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 6 |
| Right (cm) | 6 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 10 |
| Rearward (cm) | 1 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 1 |
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | CEF0114 |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 819 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | no contact |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 1.9 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 31 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.38 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 36 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 4.7 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 3.7 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 0 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 1 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 0.54 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 0.72 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 2.9 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 2.6 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 114 |
| Right | 60 |