2007 Ford Freestyle

midsize SUV / 4-door SUV

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteria	Rating
Moderate overlap front: original test
Side: original test
Head restraints & seats

Key

G
Good
A
Acceptable
M
Marginal
P
Poor

Superior
Advanced
Basic

Some ratings use a scale of Poor to Good. Others range from Basic to Superior.

Moderate overlap front: original test

Rating applies to 2005-07 models

Tested vehicle: 2005 Ford Freestyle SE 4-door 4wd

The Ford Freestyle was introduced in the 2005 model year. The vehicle will be re-engineered with a new engine for the 2008 model year and renamed the Ford Taurus X.

Evaluation criteria	Rating
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 well.

Smeared greasepaint indicates where the dummy's head hit the roof rail during rebound. Head acceleration from this hit was low.

Intrusion into the driver's space was minimal, and all leg and foot injury measures were low.

Technical measurements for this test

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	CEF0527
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm)	6
Left (cm)	8
Center (cm)	10
Right (cm)	9
Brake pedal (cm)	7
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm)	5
Right (cm)	4
Steering column movement
Upward (cm)	-2
Rearward (cm)	-1
A-pillar rearward movement (cm)	2

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	CEF0527
Head
HIC-15	491
Peak gs at hard contact	99
Neck
Tension (kN)	1.6
Extension bending moment (Nm)	16
Maximum Nij	0.43
Chest maximum compression (mm)	35
Legs
Femur force - left (kN)	4.0
Femur force - right (kN)	0.6
Knee displacement - left (mm)	0
Knee displacement - right (mm)	0
Maximum tibia index - left	0.43
Maximum tibia index - right	0.25
Tibia axial force - left (kN)	1.2
Tibia axial force - right (kN)	1.5
Foot acceleration (g)
Left	61
Right	38

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Rating applies to 2005-07 models

Tested vehicle: 2007 Ford Freestyle SEL 4-door 4wd with optional head curtain airbags for all three rows of seats and optional front seat-mounted torso airbags

The Ford Freestyle was introduced in the 2005 model year. The vehicle was re-engineered with a new engine for the 2008 model year and renamed the Ford Taurus X. In addition, electronic stability control was added as a standard feature beginning with the 2008 models. The engineering changes do not affect side impact performance.

Side airbags were made standard in all 2007 Freestyle models manufactured after September 2006 (side airbags were optional in 2005-07 models built in September 2006 or earlier). Note: information about when a specific vehicle was manufactured is on the certification label typically affixed to the car on or near the driver door. Beginning with 2008 models, all Taurus X models also have standard side airbags.

Evaluation criteria	Rating
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 crash test.

View of the vehicle after the crash with doors removed, showing the side airbags and damage to the occupant compartment.

Smeared greasepaint shows where the driver dummy's head was protected from being hit by hard structures by the side airbags.

Smeared greasepaint shows where the rear passenger dummy’s head was protected by the side airbag.

Technical measurements for this test

Test ID	CES0631
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm)	-12.0
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	CES0631
Head HIC-15	163
Neck
Tension (kN)	1.3
Compression (kN)	0.3
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm)	52
Lateral force (kN)	2.0
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm)	49
Average deflection (mm)	41
Maximum deflection rate (m/s)	5.39
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s)	0.91
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN)	1.9
Acetabulum force (kN)	3.6
Combined force (kN)	5.2
Left femur
L-M force (kN)	0.5
L-M moment (Nm)	55
A-P moment (Nm)	15

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	CES0631
Head HIC-15	71
Neck
Tension (kN)	0.5
Compression (kN)	0.5
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm)	39
Lateral force (kN)	2.0
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm)	43
Average deflection (mm)	25
Maximum deflection rate (m/s)	3.58
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s)	0.68
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN)	1.8
Acetabulum force (kN)	3.7
Combined force (kN)	4.9
Left femur
L-M force (kN)	0.8
L-M moment (Nm)	63
A-P moment (Nm)	-21

About the original side crash test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: All seats

Overall evaluation
Dynamic rating
Seat/head restraint geometry

Technical measurements for this test

Seat type	All seats
Geometry
Backset (mm)	42
Distance below top of head (mm)	50
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail	Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g)	10.4
Head contact time (ms)	61
Force rating	1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N)	57
Max neck tension (N)	514

About the head restraint & seat test
Currently, IIHS tests apply only to front seats.