Crash Test Saab 9-5 Sportcombi 2001 - 2005 Hatchback

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	No information
Child older than 3 years	No information

Safety pedestrians

- Fine - Good - Satisfactorily

Comments:

Since June 2003, the SAAB 9-5 has begun to establish intelligent signaling about unusted safety belts for the driver and the front passenger. For this, additional points were exhibited, which allowed the car to get a rating of five stars. Saab 9-5 provides balanced driver and front passenger protection during front and side shocks, and for the latter maximum points were accrued. SAB children's armchairs were installed "against the direction of movement", but at the side impact they had too long loads on breasts, creating a risk of injury. The protection of pedestrians was assessed by the "average", but there was a real threat to injury in the Glands area. Also, the manufacturer initiated a side strike of a pillar to testify that the side airbag for the head (in the basic configuration since August 1997) meets all the requirements. However, it was not a separate pillow, but was an additional separation of a side pillow for a chest installed in the back of the chair. After such a test, the experts carried the verdict that Saab 9-5 was the safest car tested at that time.

Front punch:

The passenger compartment retained integrity, although traces were seen strain of the doorway. airbag provided in constant contact with his head, but at the time of the touch is not yet fully revealed. Well-designed beam is provided in the region of the knee load distribution around the knees, but it was not enough to protect the knees thighs upon impact in the area around the steering column.

Child safety-passenger:

In the test used by the manufacturer child seats, set "against the direction of movement." Although the frontal impact they have worked well, at the side of the head could not keep riders in their range. In addition, an icon informing about the dangers of installing the child seat in front of the front seat airbags, was incomprehensible. Markings on the seats themselves also did not bring clarity. She informed about the inadmissibility of such a unit chair and explains how it is done. The way the seat belt when attaching a child seat "direction of travel" is not exactly marked.

Side impact:

Side airbags for chest and head effectively protect the driver from impact with foreign objects. However, according to the rules in the absence of Euro NCAP side impact curtain airbags for the post should not be carried out, so it results in the overall standings did not. The filler in the area of \u200b\u200ba safety strap seat belt also softened the blow. Thorax protection of the driver seat side frame together with the airbag, the bottom part of the door is not overspread his pelvic injury.

Pedestrian safety:

car bonnet provided good protection. But the bumper and bonnet leading edge fared poorly in the legs ensuring security of pedestrians.

General information about the car

steering	Left
tested model	Saab 9-5 2.0
body type	4-door sedan
Year of publication of data	2003
Curb weight	1485
The results are valid for the VIN, starting with ...	YS3EXNNXN43000082

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