Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 2004-08 models
Tested vehicle: 2004 Acura TL 4-door
The Acura TL was redesigned for the 2004 model year. Its base price has increased sufficiently to reclassify it as a midsize luxury car. (The 1999-2003 TL was classified as a midsize moderately priced car.)
Overall evaluation | |
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Structure and safety cage | |
Driver injury measures | |
Head/neck | |
Chest | |
Leg/foot, left | |
Leg/foot, right | |
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics |
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Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test.
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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.
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Dummy movement was well controlled. During rebound, the dummy's head hit only the head restraint, as indicated by smeared greasepaint.
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Intrusion into the driver's space was minimal, and forces on the legs and feet were low.
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
Test ID | CEF0404 |
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Footwell intrusion | |
Footrest (cm) | 6 |
Left (cm) | 8 |
Center (cm) | 8 |
Right (cm) | 5 |
Brake pedal (cm) | 4 |
Instrument panel rearward movement | |
Left (cm) | 1 |
Right (cm) | 0 |
Steering column movement | |
Upward (cm) | 3 |
Rearward (cm) | -1 |
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 1 |
Driver injury measures
Test ID | CEF0404 |
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Head | |
HIC-15 | 159 |
Peak gs at hard contact | no contact |
Neck | |
Tension (kN) | 1.0 |
Extension bending moment (Nm) | 12 |
Maximum Nij | 0.20 |
Chest maximum compression (mm) | 32 |
Legs | |
Femur force - left (kN) | 0.3 |
Femur force - right (kN) | 1.8 |
Knee displacement - left (mm) | 0 |
Knee displacement - right (mm) | 1 |
Maximum tibia index - left | 0.40 |
Maximum tibia index - right | 0.52 |
Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 1.6 |
Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 2.8 |
Foot acceleration (g) | |
Left | 62 |
Right | 42 |
Side: original test
Rating applies to 2004-08 models
Tested vehicle: 2004 Acura TL 4-door with standard front and rear head curtain airbags and standard front seat-mounted torso airbags
The Acura TL was redesigned for the 2004 model year.
Overall evaluation | |
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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 |
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View of the vehicle and barrier just after the crash test.
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View of the vehicle after the crash with doors removed, showing the side airbags and damage to the occupant compartment.
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Action shot taken during the side impact crash test showing the driver dummy's head was protected from being hit by hard structures by the side curtain airbag.
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Smeared greasepaint shows where the rear passenger dummy's head was protected by the side airbag.
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
Test ID | CES0410 |
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B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) | -6.5 |
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline. |
Driver injury measures
Test ID | CES0410 |
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Head HIC-15 | 461 |
Neck | |
Tension (kN) | 0.9 |
Compression (kN) | 0.4 |
Shoulder | |
Lateral deflection (mm) | 39 |
Lateral force (kN) | 2.0 |
Torso | |
Maximum deflection (mm) | 46 |
Average deflection (mm) | 41 |
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) | 5.00 |
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) | 0.95 |
Pelvis | |
Iliac force (kN) | 2.7 |
Acetabulum force (kN) | 3.3 |
Combined force (kN) | 5.0 |
Left femur | |
L-M force (kN) | 0.9 |
L-M moment (Nm) | 103 |
A-P moment (Nm) | 53 |
Passenger injury measures
Test ID | CES0410 |
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Head HIC-15 | 251 |
Neck | |
Tension (kN) | 0.7 |
Compression (kN) | 0.3 |
Shoulder | |
Lateral deflection (mm) | 25 |
Lateral force (kN) | 1.0 |
Torso | |
Maximum deflection (mm) | 26 |
Average deflection (mm) | 20 |
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) | 4.02 |
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) | 0.41 |
Pelvis | |
Iliac force (kN) | 0.1 |
Acetabulum force (kN) | 0.5 |
Combined force (kN) | 0.5 |
Left femur | |
L-M force (kN) | 1.9 |
L-M moment (Nm) | 215 |
A-P moment (Nm) | 28 |
Head restraints & seats
Seat type: All seats
Overall evaluation | |
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Dynamic rating | |
Seat/head restraint geometry |
Seat type | All seats |
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Geometry | |
Backset (mm) | 55 |
Distance below top of head (mm) | 42 |
Seat design parameters | |
Pass/fail | Pass |
Max T1 acceleration (g) | 9.5 |
Head contact time (ms) | 106 |
Force rating | 3 |
Neck forces | |
Max neck shear force (N) | 250 |
Max neck tension (N) | 882 |
How the head restraint & seat test is conducted
Currently, IIHS tests apply only to front seats.