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Standard Safety Features

- 3-point rear seat belts in all positions
- 4-wheel anti-lock brakes (ABS)
- Brake-assist
- Child safety rear door locks
- Electronic brake force distribution (EBD)
- Emergency inside trunk release
- Energy absorbing steering column
- Front active, height-adjustable, anti-whiplash head restraints
- Front height-adjustable seatbelts
- Front seatbelt pretensioners and load limiters
- Front seat dual-stage airbags with occupancy sensors
- Front seat side-impact airbags with occupancy sensors
- Front and rear crumple zones
- Front and rear side impact curtain airbags
- Hood buckling creases and safety stops
- LATCH system: rear child safety seat tether anchors
- Power window lockout button
- Rear height-adjustable head restraints
- Side impact bars
- Traction control (TCS)

NHTSA Crash Test
Frontal Impact
Driver's side: Five Star Rating
Passenger's side: Four Star Rating
Side Impact
Front seat: Four Star Rating
Rear seat: Four Star Rating
Chance of rollover in single vehicle crash Four Star Rating
IIHS Frontal Offset Crash Test
Overall Evaluation: Good
Structure / Safety Cage: Good
Injury Measures: Good
Measures taken from the head, neck, chest, and both legs indicate low risk of injuries to these body regions in a crash of this severity.
 
Head / Neck: Good
Chest: Good
Leg / Foot (left): Good
Leg / Foot (right): Good
Restraints / Dummy Kinematics: Good
Dummy movement was well controlled. During rebound, the dummy's head hit the inflated side curtain airbag. The dummy continued to rebound into the seat without its head coming close to any stiff structure that could cause injury.
 
Legend:
Good
Acceptable
Marginal
Poor
IIHS Side Impact Crash Test
Overall Evaluation: Marginal
Structure / Safety Cage: Marginal
Driver Injury Measures:
Measures taken from the dummy indicate that rib fractures and/or internal organ injuries would be likely in a crash of this severity. A left femur fracture would also be possible.
 
Head / Neck: Good
Torso: Poor
Pelvis / Leg: Acceptable
Rear Passenger Injury Measures:
Measures taken from the dummy indicate a low risk of any significant injuries in a crash of this severity.
 
Head / Neck: Good
Torso: Good
Pelvis / Leg: Good
Head Protection:

Driver: The dummy's head was protected from being hit by any hard structures, including the intruding barrier, by a side curtain airbag that deployed from the roof.

Rear passenger: The dummy's head was protected from being hit by any hard structures, including the intruding barrier, by a side curtain airbag that deployed from the roof.
 

Driver: Good
Rear Passenger: Good
Legend:
Good
Acceptable
Marginal
Poor
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