2006 Dodge Dakota

small pickup / Extended cab pickup

2006 Dodge Dakota Extended cab pickup
2005 Dodge Dakota Extended cab pickup shown

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 2005-11 models

Tested vehicle: 2005 Dodge Dakota Club Cab ST 2wd

The Dodge Dakota was redesigned for the 2005 model year and discontinued after the 2011 model year. The Mitsubishi Raider was introduced in the 2006 model year and discontinued after the 2009 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 very well.

Dummy movement was well controlled. During rebound, the dummy's head hit only the head restraint.

Forces on the lower left leg were high enough to indicate the likelihood of injuries.

Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CEF0503
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 4
Left (cm) 5
Center (cm) 5
Right (cm) 6
Brake pedal (cm) 3
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 0
Right (cm) 0
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 4
Rearward (cm) -1
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 0

Driver injury measures

Test ID CEF0503
Head
HIC-15 108
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.1
Extension bending moment (Nm) 18
Maximum Nij 0.26
Chest maximum compression (mm) 22
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 2.3
Femur force - right (kN) 1.7
Knee displacement - left (mm) 10
Knee displacement - right (mm) 1
Maximum tibia index - left 1.26
Maximum tibia index - right 0.81
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 3.1
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 4.6
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 63
Right 80

How the moderate overlap front test is conducted

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: Seats without adjustable lumbar

Overall evaluation
Dynamic rating
Seat/head restraint geometry
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type Seats without adjustable lumbar
Geometry
Backset (mm) 40
Distance below top of head (mm) 50
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 9.2
Head contact time (ms) 84
Force rating 2
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 194
Max neck tension (N) 730

Seat type: Seats with adjustable lumbar

Overall evaluation
Dynamic rating
Seat/head restraint geometry
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type Seats with adjustable lumbar
Geometry
Backset (mm) 32
Distance below top of head (mm) 55
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Fail
Max T1 acceleration (g) 9.9
Head contact time (ms) 105
Force rating 3
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 225
Max neck tension (N) 848

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