2005 Subaru Legacy
midsize car / 4-door sedan
Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 2005-09 models
Tested vehicle: 2005 Subaru Legacy 2.5i Limited 4-door AWD
The Subaru Legacy was redesigned for the 2005 model year.
The frontal offset crash test ratings also apply to the station wagon version of the Legacy for the 2005-07 model years (the Legacy wagon was discontinued after 2007). However, the ratings do not apply to Outback models.
| Overall evaluation | |
|---|---|
| Structure and safety cage | |
| Driver injury measures | |
| Head/neck | |
| Chest | |
| Leg/foot, left | |
| Leg/foot, right | |
| Driver restraints and dummy kinematics |
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 very well.
Smeared greasepaint indicates where the dummy's head hit the roof rail, grab handle, and sun visor during rebound. Head accelerations from these hits were low.
Intrusion into the footwell was minimal, and all leg and foot injury measures were low.
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | CEF0415 |
|---|---|
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 2 |
| Left (cm) | 8 |
| Center (cm) | 8 |
| Right (cm) | 5 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 1 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 0 |
| Right (cm) | 0 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 4 |
| Rearward (cm) | -2 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 0 |
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | CEF0415 |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 201 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 25 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 1.2 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 10 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.34 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 35 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 0.5 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 1.4 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 1 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 2 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 0.63 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 0.63 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 3.4 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 3.3 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 143 |
| Right | 53 |
Side: original test
Rating applies to 2005 models
Tested vehicle: 2005 Subaru Legacy 2.5i Limited 4-door AWD with standard front and rear head curtain airbags and standard front seat-mounted torso airbags
The Subaru Legacy was redesigned for the 2005 model year.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has evaluated the crashworthiness of the Legacy in two side-impact crashes. In the first test, the driver side curtain airbag deployed improperly, with the result that the driver dummy's head was hit by the impacting barrier. Subaru found that the side curtain airbag manufacturing facility had been assembling the airbags incorrectly. This led Subaru to correct the assembly process for the side curtain airbags on models produced after June 1, 2004. Also, Subaru initiated a safety recall to modify, at its cost, vehicles produced earlier. The Institute tested a second Legacy with the modified airbags, and the driver side curtain airbag inflated properly, preventing the driver dummy's head from being hit by the impacting barrier. Ratings of the Legacy are based on the results of the second test, except structural performance is based on both tests.
| Overall evaluation | |
|---|---|
| Structure and safety cage | |
| Driver injury measures | |
| Head/neck | |
| Torso | |
| Pelvis/leg | |
| Driver head protection | |
| Rear passenger injury measures | |
| Head/neck | |
| Torso | |
| Pelvis/leg | |
| Rear passenger head protection | |
View of the vehicle and barrier just after the second of two crash tests.
View of the vehicle after the crash with doors removed, showing the side airbags and damage to the occupant compartment.
Action shot taken during the second side impact crash test showing the driver dummy's head was protected from being hit by hard structures by the side curtain airbag.
Smeared greasepaint shows where the rear passenger dummy's head was protected by the side curtain airbag in the second crash test.
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | CES0408 | CES0411 |
|---|---|---|
| B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) | -13.5 | -9.0 |
| Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline. | ||
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | CES0411 |
|---|---|
| Head HIC-15 | 360 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 1.6 |
| Compression (kN) | 0.2 |
| Shoulder | |
| Lateral deflection (mm) | 58 |
| Lateral force (kN) | 4.3 |
| Torso | |
| Maximum deflection (mm) | 58 |
| Average deflection (mm) | 50 |
| Maximum deflection rate (m/s) | 6.19 |
| Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) | 1.50 |
| Pelvis | |
| Iliac force (kN) | 2.5 |
| Acetabulum force (kN) | 3.7 |
| Combined force (kN) | 6.2 |
| Left femur | |
| L-M force (kN) | 0.5 |
| L-M moment (Nm) | 160 |
| A-P moment (Nm) | 33 |
Passenger injury measures
| Test ID | CES0411 |
|---|---|
| Head HIC-15 | 384 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 0.0 |
| Compression (kN) | 1.2 |
| Shoulder | |
| Lateral deflection (mm) | 37 |
| Lateral force (kN) | 1.6 |
| Torso | |
| Maximum deflection (mm) | 31 |
| Average deflection (mm) | 27 |
| Maximum deflection rate (m/s) | 3.44 |
| Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) | 0.45 |
| Pelvis | |
| Iliac force (kN) | 0.9 |
| Acetabulum force (kN) | 2.3 |
| Combined force (kN) | 3.0 |
| Left femur | |
| L-M force (kN) | 0.6 |
| L-M moment (Nm) | 85 |
| A-P moment (Nm) | -65 |
Head restraints & seats
Seat type: All seats AHR
| Overall evaluation | |
|---|---|
| Dynamic rating | |
| Seat/head restraint geometry |
| Seat type | All seats AHR |
|---|---|
| Geometry | |
| Backset (mm) | 50 |
| Distance below top of head (mm) | 58 |
| Seat design parameters | |
| Pass/fail | Pass |
| Max T1 acceleration (g) | 10.4 |
| Head contact time (ms) | 67 |
| Force rating | 2 |
| Neck forces | |
| Max neck shear force (N) | 79 |
| Max neck tension (N) | 725 |
About the head restraint & seat test
Currently, IIHS tests apply only to front seats.