2007 Toyota Highlander

midsize SUV / 4-door SUV

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteria	Rating
Moderate overlap front: 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 2001-07 models

Tested vehicle: 2001 Toyota Highlander 4-door 4wd

The Toyota Highlander was introduced in the 2001 model year.

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.

Intrusion into the driver footwell area was minimal.

Forces on the right lower leg were high enough to indicate the possibility of injury.

Technical measurements for this test

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	CEF0117
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm)	6
Left (cm)	7
Center (cm)	8
Right (cm)	8
Brake pedal (cm)	4
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm)	-1
Right (cm)	1
Steering column movement
Upward (cm)	5
Rearward (cm)	-2
A-pillar rearward movement (cm)	0

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	CEF0117
Head
HIC-15	474
Peak gs at hard contact	83
Neck
Tension (kN)	1.7
Extension bending moment (Nm)	39
Maximum Nij	0.35
Chest maximum compression (mm)	35
Legs
Femur force - left (kN)	2.3
Femur force - right (kN)	2.3
Knee displacement - left (mm)	1
Knee displacement - right (mm)	1
Maximum tibia index - left	0.34
Maximum tibia index - right	0.97
Tibia axial force - left (kN)	1.8
Tibia axial force - right (kN)	2.2
Foot acceleration (g)
Left	60
Right	83

About the original moderate overlap front test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: Seats with fixed head restraint tilt and without adjustable lumbar

Overall evaluation
Dynamic rating
Seat/head restraint geometry

Technical measurements for this test

Seat type	Seats with fixed head restraint tilt and without adjustable lumbar
Geometry
Backset (mm)	58
Distance below top of head (mm)	70
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail	Fail
Max T1 acceleration (g)	11.0
Head contact time (ms)	93
Force rating	2
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N)	12
Max neck tension (N)	840

Seat type: Seats with head restraint tilt and with adjustable lumbar

Overall evaluation
Dynamic rating
Seat/head restraint geometry

Technical measurements for this test

Seat type	Seats with head restraint tilt and with adjustable lumbar
Geometry
Backset (mm)	42
Distance below top of head (mm)	68
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail	Fail
Max T1 acceleration (g)	12.5
Head contact time (ms)	100
Force rating	3
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N)	47
Max neck tension (N)	1,180

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