2005 Buick Terraza

minivan

Crashworthiness

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

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 2005-07 models

Tested vehicle: 2005 Chevrolet Uplander van

The Chevrolet Uplander, Pontiac Montana SV6, Buick Terraza, and Saturn RELAY were introduced in the 2005 model year as replacements for the Chevrolet Venture, Pontiac Montana and Trans Sport, and Oldsmobile Silhouette. (A limited number of Chevrolet Ventures and Pontiac Montanas were produced for the 2005 model year.) The Pontiac Montana SV6 was discontinued after the 2006 model year, and the Buick Terraza and Saturn RELAY were discontinued after the 2007 model year. The Uplander was discontinued after the 2008 model year.

Overall evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Chest
Leg/foot, left
Leg/foot, right
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
Dummy movement was reasonably well controlled. However, the dummy's head bottomed out the airbag and hit the steering wheel. During rebound, the dummy's head hit the B-pillar and roof rail.

Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test.

The dummy's position in relation to the steering wheel and instrument panel after the crash test indicates that the driver's survival space was maintained well.

Smeared greasepaint indicates where the dummy's head hit the B-pillar, roof rail, and head restraint during rebound. Head acceleration from the B-pillar hit was high.

Intrusion into the driver's space was minimal, and all leg and foot injury measures were low.

Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CEF0508
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 8
Left (cm) 12
Center (cm) 11
Right (cm) 9
Brake pedal (cm) 11
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 4
Right (cm) 4
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 4
Rearward (cm) 4
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 1

Driver injury measures

Test ID CEF0508
Head
HIC-15 550
Peak gs at hard contact 141
Neck
Tension (kN) 2.0
Extension bending moment (Nm) 43
Maximum Nij 0.42
Chest maximum compression (mm) 26
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 5.2
Femur force - right (kN) 3.1
Knee displacement - left (mm) 0
Knee displacement - right (mm) 6
Maximum tibia index - left 0.29
Maximum tibia index - right 0.44
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.1
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 1.1
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 62
Right 43

About the original moderate overlap front test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: All seats

Overall evaluation
Dynamic rating
Seat/head restraint geometry
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type All seats
Geometry
Backset (mm) 50
Distance below top of head (mm) 75
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Fail
Max T1 acceleration (g) 12.3
Head contact time (ms) 105
Force rating 3
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 215
Max neck tension (N) 942

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