Crash Test Saab 9-3 sportcombi 2004 - 2008 Universal

Protection of driver and passenger

Frontal impact, the driver

Frontal impact, the passenger

Side impact driver

- Fine - Good - Satisfactorily - Badly - Very bad

Child restraint devices

Children under 18 months	Saab Klippan, facing backwards
A child older than 3 years	Saab Klippan, facing backwards

Pedestrian safety

- Fine - Good - Satisfactorily

Comments:

Saab 9-3 cars joined the group that received five stars. It is designed to protect its occupants. Interior remained intact and passive safety systems have protected from damage, although at the chest of the driver impacted quite high load. driver's knee area was not completely safe, but the real threat is only represented by a point below the steering column. For the protection of the car and can not be reproached in side crashes. Pedestrian protection is bad: the hood surface is slightly softens the blow a pedestrian's head in the center.

Frontal impact:

The area around the knee has been particularly well thought out. There is present a transverse beam, which should break due to a strong impact. However, it was found that the steering column can transfer momentum from the impact on the driver's knees. Niche leg was left intact, and is not dangerous for the feet and ankles. Front seat belts are equipped with pretensioners and load limiters, but even with this configuration the load on the chest of the driver turned out to be higher than normal. The centerpiece of the rear seat ryadya equipped with three-point seat belt, providing much better protection than a lap.

Child safety-passenger:

Baby seats were under the brand Saab and were set "against the direction of movement." Used for fastening safety belts and brackets to the slide front seats. Protection was good, although the load on the chest 3-year-old passenger was slightly above normal. Before installing the seat in the front seat is required the dealer to disable the brand front airbags.

Side impact:

For side impacts, including hitting the post, put up maximum points. curtain airbags protect all riders on the impact side. They work and oblique frontal impacts, where there is a possibility of displacement of passengers due to skidding.

Pedestrian safety:

The results of this trial are very different from all the others. Bumper and bonnet leading edge proved to be particularly traumatic, although the hood center and provided some impact mitigation.

General information about the car

steering	Left
tested model	Saab 9-3 2.0ltr
Body type	4-door sedan
Year of publication of data	2002
Curb weight	1450
The results are valid for the VIN, starting with ...	For all the latest 9-3

Acquisition security systems:

Pretensioner front seat belts	There is
Load limiters front seat belts	There is
Driver's front airbag	There is
The front passenger airbag	There is
Side airbags	There is
Side curtain airbags head	There is
Airbag driver's knees and feet	No