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2013 Toyota Highlander

midsize SUV / 4-door SUV

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

Evaluation criteria	Rating
Front crash prevention: vehicle-to-vehicle	Not available

Key

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

Rating applies to 2008-13 models

Tested vehicle: 2008 Toyota Highlander Limited 4-door 4wd

The Toyota Highlander was redesigned for the 2008 model year. Frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test conducted by Toyota.

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

Technical measurements for this test

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	VTF0708
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm)	8
Left (cm)	8
Center (cm)	9
Right (cm)	7
Brake pedal (cm)	3
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm)	2
Right (cm)	2
Steering column movement
Upward (cm)	-4
Rearward (cm)	-2
A-pillar rearward movement (cm)	1

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	VTF0708
Head
HIC-15	217
Peak gs at hard contact	77
Neck
Tension (kN)	1.6
Extension bending moment (Nm)	34
Maximum Nij	0.29
Chest maximum compression (mm)	34
Legs
Femur force - left (kN)	1.7
Femur force - right (kN)	2.5
Knee displacement - left (mm)	3
Knee displacement - right (mm)	3
Maximum tibia index - left	0.53
Maximum tibia index - right	0.40
Tibia axial force - left (kN)	2.6
Tibia axial force - right (kN)	2.4
Foot acceleration (g)
Left	95
Right	50

Rating applies to 2008-13 models

Tested vehicle: 2008 Toyota Highlander 4-door 4wd with head curtain airbags for all three rows of seats and front seat-mounted torso airbags

The Toyota Highlander was redesigned for the 2008 model year.

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 curtain airbag.

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

Technical measurements for this test

Test ID	CES0737
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm)	-17.0
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	CES0737
Head HIC-15	129
Neck
Tension (kN)	0.8
Compression (kN)	0.0
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm)	45
Lateral force (kN)	1.5
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm)	36
Average deflection (mm)	25
Maximum deflection rate (m/s)	3.99
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s)	0.71
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN)	0.9
Acetabulum force (kN)	2.2
Combined force (kN)	2.9
Left femur
L-M force (kN)	0.2
L-M moment (Nm)	38
A-P moment (Nm)	-34

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	CES0737
Head HIC-15	64
Neck
Tension (kN)	0.1
Compression (kN)	0.6
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm)	32
Lateral force (kN)	1.6
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm)	19
Average deflection (mm)	14
Maximum deflection rate (m/s)	1.77
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s)	0.15
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN)	0.6
Acetabulum force (kN)	2.9
Combined force (kN)	3.0
Left femur
L-M force (kN)	0.6
L-M moment (Nm)	65
A-P moment (Nm)	31

Rating applies to 2008-13 models

Tested vehicle: 2010 Toyota Highlander 4-door 4wd

Seat type: Manual cloth seats AHR

Overall evaluation
Dynamic rating
Seat/head restraint geometry

Technical measurements for this test

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