2004 Chrysler Pacifica

midsize SUV / 4-door SUV

2004 Chrysler Pacifica 4-door SUV

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 2004-08 models

Tested vehicle: 2004 Chrysler Pacifica 4-door 4wd

The Chrysler Pacifica was introduced in the 2004 model year and 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

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 reasonably well.

Dummy movement was well controlled. During rebound, the dummy's head hit only the head restraint, as indicated by smeared greasepaint.

A knee airbag is housed behind the knee bolster plastic trim. Injury measures on the upper and lower legs were low, but not lower than in many vehicles with conventional bolsters.

Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CEF0312
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 16
Left (cm) 20
Center (cm) 16
Right (cm) 14
Brake pedal (cm) 13
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 5
Right (cm) 6
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 2
Rearward (cm) 7
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 2

Driver injury measures

Test ID CEF0312
Head
HIC-15 168
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.3
Extension bending moment (Nm) 26
Maximum Nij 0.26
Chest maximum compression (mm) 36
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 3.8
Femur force - right (kN) 1.5
Knee displacement - left (mm) 4
Knee displacement - right (mm) 1
Maximum tibia index - left 0.61
Maximum tibia index - right 0.45
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.8
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 1.9
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 61
Right 49

How the moderate overlap front test is conducted

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) 80
Distance below top of head (mm) 45
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Fail
Max T1 acceleration (g) 9.9
Head contact time (ms) 109
Force rating 3
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 277
Max neck tension (N) 716

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