1997 Volkswagen Jetta
small car / 4-door sedan
Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 1994-99 models
Tested vehicle: 1997 Volkswagen Jetta GL 4-door
The Volkswagen Jetta and Golf were redesigned for the 1993 model year and continued through the early part of the 1999 model year. Frontal airbags for both the driver and passenger were introduced as options beginning with the 1994 model year and were made standard in 1995. Note: the ratings apply only to cars equipped with the frontal airbags.
| 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. During rebound, the dummy moved toward the driver door, which had bowed outward, and its head hit the window frame and B-pillar. |
Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test.
Post-crash damage shot.
Footwell intrusion during the offset test contributed to the marginal performance of the structure, or safety cage.
Technical measurements for this test
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | CF97018 |
|---|---|
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 26 |
| Left (cm) | 34 |
| Center (cm) | 31 |
| Right (cm) | 20 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 24 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 9 |
| Right (cm) | 7 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 5 |
| Rearward (cm) | 7 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 10 |
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | CF97018 |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 383 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 82 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 1.4 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 18 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.26 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 36 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 2.1 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 3.4 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 0 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 8 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 1.42 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 0.98 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 1.9 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 4.6 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 81 |
| Right | 113 |