2013 Nissan Titan

large pickup / Crew cab pickup

2013 Nissan Titan Crew cab pickup
2012 Nissan Titan shown

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Moderate overlap front: original test
Roof strength
Head restraints & seats

Crash avoidance & mitigation

Front crash prevention
Not available

Key

  • G
    Good
  • A
    Acceptable
  • M
    Marginal
  • P
    Poor
  • Superior
  • Advanced
  • Basic

Some ratings use a scale of Poor to Good. Others range from Basic to Superior.

Moderate overlap front: original test

Rating applies to 2013-15 models

Tested vehicle: 2013 Nissan Titan S King Cab

The Nissan Titan was introduced in the 2004 model year. Beginning with 2013 models, design changes were made to the frontal airbags and seat belts. Moderate overlap frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test conducted by Nissan as part of frontal crash test verification. (The vehicle tested by Nissan was designated as a 2012 model but included the airbag and seat belt changes of the 2013 models.) Because the vehicle structure did not change after 2004, structure ratings are based this test as well as an earlier test of a 2004 Titan conducted by the Institute.

Overall evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Chest
Leg/foot, left
Leg/foot, right
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CEF0412 VTF1218
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 13 12
Left (cm) 14 14
Center (cm) 19 20
Right (cm) 15 15
Brake pedal (cm) 11 14
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 4 -3
Right (cm) 3 0
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 9 6
Rearward (cm) 0 1
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 4 4

Driver injury measures

Test ID VTF1218
Head
HIC-15 607
Peak gs at hard contact 119
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.5
Extension bending moment (Nm) 34
Maximum Nij 0.31
Chest maximum compression (mm) 42
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 2.7
Femur force - right (kN) 1.5
Knee displacement - left (mm) 0
Knee displacement - right (mm) 0
Maximum tibia index - left 0.38
Maximum tibia index - right 0.72
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 2.8
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 4.3
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 118
Right 107

How the moderate overlap front test is conducted

Roof strength

Rating applies to 2004-15 models

Tested vehicle: 2011 Nissan Titan Crew Cab

Rating applies to Crew Cab models, except for 4wd Crew Cab long bed model. Rating of this model is Marginal.

Overall evaluation
Curb weight 5,008 lbs
Peak force 17,847 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio 3.56

How the roof strength test is conducted

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: Power cloth seats AHR

Overall evaluation
Dynamic rating
Seat/head restraint geometry
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type Power cloth seats AHR
Geometry
Backset (mm) 89
Distance below top of head (mm) 33
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 10.3
Head contact time (ms) 59
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 36
Max neck tension (N) 499

How the head restraint & seat test is conducted
Currently, IIHS tests apply only to front seats.