Crash Test Opel Sintra 1997 - 1999 Minivan

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	Opel Kiddy, face ahead
Child older than 3 years	Opel Kiddy, face ahead

Safety pedestrians

- Fine - Good - Satisfactorily

Comments:

The frontal blow has shown the vulnerable sides of Sintra: the steering wheel, along with the fired airbag, torn off the column, and a serious threat to the death injury came to the driver from behind the head and backwards. The manufacturer declared its intention to eliminate the cause of the steering wheel, but the modified car was not tested by Euro NCAP. The overall rating was three stars, and most of the points were recruited for a side blow, and the last one - the third - the star was crossed due to the probability of obtaining fatal injury. Opel announced his intention to stop selling Sintra, this statement was done after the EURO NCAP tests. In any case, some time after the cessation of production, copies remain in warehouses will be available. Children's chairs with a frontal impact defended their saddles well, however, when sideways are bad.

Front punch:

The passenger interior during strike is significantly deformed, and the degree of compression of the foot niches speaks of a high risk of trauma of the driver's feet. Some zones near the steering column are dangerous for the drivers' knees, but the covers placed under the casing of the column were rescued from contact with sharp edges.

Security of passenger children:

On the danger of placing a children's chair at the place of the front passenger, only one icon was reported on the right side of the front panel. The content of this sticker turned out to be incomprehensible and ambiguous. Children's chairs consisted of modules that can be combined differently, depending on the size of the child and the installation method. However, the instructions for their use are inconvenient and requires refinement.

Side strike:

Despite the small risk of chest injury, the driver's defense was good. Sintra was different from most competitors in the presence of side airbags in the backs of chairs included in the basic configuration.

Pedestrian safety:

The car was able to suggest a little to protect pedestrians, so the rating in this test is just one star. The bumper and the surface of the hood only soften the blow. Like many cars, the windshield turned out to be safer for pedestrians than the hood.

General information about the car

Tested model	Opel Sintra 2.2 GLS
Year of data publishing	1999
Curb weight	1650

Safety systems:

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