Crash Test BMW 3 Series Convertible E46 2000 - 2003 Convertible

Protection of the driver and passenger

Frosting, driver

Front Punch, Passenger

Side blow, driver

- Fine - Good - Satisfactorily - Badly - Very bad

Children's holding devices

Child up to 18 months	BMW Junior, face forward
Child older than 3 years	BMW Junior, face forward

Safety pedestrians

- Fine - Good - Satisfactorily

Front punch:

The front seat belts were equipped with load limiters and pretensioners, but even with such equipment, the load on the chest driver turned out to be higher than the norm. In the knee zone, rigid elements threatening knees and thighs are found. The central seat of the seat of the seats was equipped only with a two-point belt, which ensures the worse protection compared to the three-point.

Security of passenger children:

The front passenger airbag enters the basic configuration, so the child placed in the children's chair "against the direction of movement" is threatened with danger in this place. The experts did not find clear messages about this, so the manufacturer recommended more seriously to this point. BMW Junior-Seats children's chairs with the ISOFIX system were used in the test. They could not keep the heads of the seds in their limits, with the exception of the head of the younger at the front side. ISOFIX mounting should prevent irregular installation or incomplete fixation of the chairs. On the explanatory signs of the fastening pattern of the belts are made in improper color and unsteady paint.

Side strike:

The head and the pelvic department of the driver were protected well, but the load on the abdominal cavity was high. Part of the side airbag did not fully revealed, which allowed the two top "ribs" a mannequin to hit the sidewall of the chair. On the abdominal department, the load was the airbag and sidewalls of the chair. The airbag for the protection of the head was also included in the basic bundle and when hitting a pillar showed itself well. The rear door opened during the strike, and after making changes to the design of this node, it was allowed to re-test.

Pedestrian safety:

The 3-series provides pedestrians a very bad softening of the hit. Only the zone of the hood, where at the middle of the child will fall, ensured at least some kind of protection.

General information about the car

Roelf location	Left
Tested model	BMW 3ER
Body type	4-door sedan
Year of data publishing	2001
Curb weight	1330
The results are valid for VIN, starting with ...	316I, Model Code: Er11, Vin: KC16362 318i, Model Code: Ay71, Vin: FZ41627, CJ67330

Safety systems:

Pretensels of front seat belts	There is no data
Front Belts Load Loaders	There is no data
Driver Front Airbag	There is no data
Passenger Front Airbag	There is no data
Side airbags	There is no data
Side Head Airbags	There is no data
Driver's knees and feet airbag	There is no data