2003 Ford F-150
large pickup / Extended cab pickup
Moderate overlap front: original test
Rating applies to 1997-2003 models
Tested vehicle: 2001 Ford F-150 XLT SuperCab
The Ford F-150 was redesigned for the 1997 model year. The Heritage nameplate was added in the 2004 model year to distinguish it from the redesigned 2004 Ford F-150.
| 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 wasn't well controlled. The airbag deployed too late, and there was too much rearward and far too much upward steering wheel movement, which contributed to the dummy's head bottoming out the airbag and hitting the steering wheel. The driver seat was tilted so far forward that the dummy's head was confined to a narrow space between the steering wheel and head restraint during much of the crash. |
Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test.
Major collapse of the occupant compartment left little survival space for the driver.
Both doors partially opened on the driver side. Arrow indicates where rear door was latched to roof rail before crash.
Massive intrusion and pitching forward of the driver seat wedged the dummy into a tight space during the crash.
Technical measurements for this test
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Test ID | CEF0110 |
|---|---|
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 39 |
| Left (cm) | 44 |
| Center (cm) | 34 |
| Right (cm) | 31 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 46 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 20 |
| Right (cm) | 18 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 29 |
| Rearward (cm) | 11 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 26 |
Driver injury measures
| Test ID | CEF0110 |
|---|---|
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 711 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 134 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 4.9 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 45 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.80 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 28 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 4.3 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 2.2 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 4 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 3 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 0.71 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 1.17 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 5.9 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 3.1 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 136 |
| Right | 84 |