1998 Jeep Cherokee
small SUV / 4-door SUV
Moderate overlap front: original test
Tested vehicle: 1998 Jeep Cherokee Sport 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 1997-2001 models
The Jeep Cherokee was introduced in the 1984 model year. Frontal airbags for both the driver and passenger became standard beginning with the 1997 model year.
| Evaluation criteria | Rating |
|---|---|
| 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. There was far too much upward movement of the steering wheel, which contributed to the dummy's head bottoming out the airbag and hitting the steering wheel. |
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Technical measurements for this test
Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side
| Evaluation criteria | Measurement |
|---|---|
| Test ID | CF98012 |
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 28 |
| Left (cm) | 26 |
| Center (cm) | 18 |
| Right (cm) | 21 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 20 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 4 |
| Right (cm) | 4 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 19 |
| Rearward (cm) | -2 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 5 |
Driver injury measures
| Evaluation criteria | Measurement |
|---|---|
| Test ID | CF98012 |
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 273 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 60 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 2.3 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 32 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.52 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 24 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 5.0 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 4.0 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 1 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 5 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 1.52 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 0.87 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 2.7 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 4.3 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 111 |
| Right | 138 |