2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee

midsize SUV / 4-door SUV

Crashworthiness

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

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 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2005-10 models

The Jeep Grand Cherokee was redesigned for the 2005 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
G
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEF0720
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 4
Left (cm) 4
Center (cm) 5
Right (cm) 5
Brake pedal (cm) 7
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 0
Right (cm) 0
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 5
Rearward (cm) -3
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 0

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEF0720
Head
HIC-15 277
Peak gs at hard contact 40
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.6
Extension bending moment (Nm) 22
Maximum Nij 0.46
Chest maximum compression (mm) 36
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 2.3
Femur force - right (kN) 2.1
Knee displacement - left (mm) 5
Knee displacement - right (mm) 1
Maximum tibia index - left 0.37
Maximum tibia index - right 0.21
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.7
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 3.6
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 58
Right 68

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Tested vehicle: 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4-door 4wd with standard front and rear head curtain airbags
Rating applies to 2005-06 models

The Jeep Grand Cherokee was redesigned for the 2005 model year. Beginning with 2007 models, side airbags were made standard (they were optional in 2005-06 models).

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
M
Structure and safety cage
M
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
P
Pelvis/leg
G
Driver head protection
G
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
G
Pelvis/leg
G
Rear passenger head protection
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CES0722
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -2.5
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0722
Head HIC-15 207
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.8
Compression (kN) 0.1
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 60
Lateral force (kN) 2.7
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 56
Average deflection (mm) 43
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 7.93
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 2.00
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 1.7
Acetabulum force (kN) 2.9
Combined force (kN) 4.4
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.5
L-M moment (Nm) 120
A-P moment (Nm) 26

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0722
Head HIC-15 136
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.2
Compression (kN) 0.5
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 35
Lateral force (kN) 1.4
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 25
Average deflection (mm) 18
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 2.83
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.30
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 0.7
Acetabulum force (kN) 3.4
Combined force (kN) 3.7
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.3
L-M moment (Nm) 85
A-P moment (Nm) -42

About the original side crash test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: All seats

Overall evaluation
G
Dynamic rating
G
Seat/head restraint geometry
G
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type All seats
Geometry
Backset (mm) 32
Distance below top of head (mm) 52
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 10.8
Head contact time (ms) 59
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 88
Max neck tension (N) 649

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