2005 Toyota Camry Solara

midsize convertible / 2-door convertible

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteria Rating
Moderate overlap front: original test
G
Side: original test
A
Head restraints & seats
P

Key

GGood
AAcceptable
MMarginal
PPoor
Superior
Advanced
Basic

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

Moderate overlap front: original test

Tested vehicle: 2007 Toyota Camry Solara SLE convertible
Rating applies to 2004-08 models

The Toyota Camry Solara was redesigned for the 2004 model year.

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

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEF0706
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 7
Left (cm) 9
Center (cm) 8
Right (cm) 7
Brake pedal (cm) 5
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 3
Right (cm) 3
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) -2
Rearward (cm) 1
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 2

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEF0706
Head
HIC-15 80
Peak gs at hard contact 12
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.8
Extension bending moment (Nm) 10
Maximum Nij 0.18
Chest maximum compression (mm) 23
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 0.3
Femur force - right (kN) 4.1
Knee displacement - left (mm) 0
Knee displacement - right (mm) 2
Maximum tibia index - left 0.32
Maximum tibia index - right 0.85
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.5
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 4.5
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 63
Right 50

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Tested vehicle: 2007 Toyota Camry Solara SLE convertible with standard front seat-mounted torso airbags
Rating applies to 2004-08 models

The Toyota Camry Solara was redesigned for the 2004 model year.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
A
Structure and safety cage
A
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
A
Pelvis/leg
A
Driver head protection
The dummy's head was hit by the window sill and the side torso airbag. This impact did not produce high head injury measures, but the head protection is inadequate.
M
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
G
Pelvis/leg
G
Rear passenger head protection
The dummy's head was hit by the interior side trim. This impact did not produce high head injury measures, but the head protection is inadequate.
M
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CES0705
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -8.5
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0705
Head HIC-15 196
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.3
Compression (kN) 0.0
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 46
Lateral force (kN) 1.7
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 39
Average deflection (mm) 38
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 3.82
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.66
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 1.7
Acetabulum force (kN) 4.1
Combined force (kN) 5.4
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.3
L-M moment (Nm) 95
A-P moment (Nm) 21

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0705
Head HIC-15 206
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.9
Compression (kN) 0.1
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 42
Lateral force (kN) 2.5
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 36
Average deflection (mm) 21
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 5.81
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.83
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 1.0
Acetabulum force (kN) 1.5
Combined force (kN) 2.4
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.2
L-M moment (Nm) 71
A-P moment (Nm) -34

About the original side crash test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: Power leather seats

Overall evaluation
P
Dynamic rating
P
Seat/head restraint geometry
A
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type Power leather seats
Geometry
Backset (mm) 62
Distance below top of head (mm) 62
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Fail
Max T1 acceleration (g) 11.6
Head contact time (ms) 102
Force rating 3
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 204
Max neck tension (N) 895

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