2004 Lexus IS

midsize luxury car / 4-door sedan

2004 Lexus IS 4-door sedan
2002 Lexus IS 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 2002-05 models

Tested vehicle: 2002 Lexus IS 300 4-door

The Lexus IS was introduced in the 2001 model year and structurally modified beginning with 2002 models to improve occupant protection in frontal offset crashes.

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 well.

Loading of the head into the airbag is shown in this photo taken during the crash test.

Smeared greasepaint indicates where the dummy's left knee and shin hit the instrument panel and knee bolster. Intrusion into the driver's space was minimal.

Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CEF0129
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 11
Left (cm) 11
Center (cm) 12
Right (cm) 6
Brake pedal (cm) 4
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 2
Right (cm) 2
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 5
Rearward (cm) 1
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 1

Driver injury measures

Test ID CEF0129
Head
HIC-15 290
Peak gs at hard contact 30
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.3
Extension bending moment (Nm) 22
Maximum Nij 0.22
Chest maximum compression (mm) 24
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 0.2
Femur force - right (kN) 1.5
Knee displacement - left (mm) 0
Knee displacement - right (mm) 1
Maximum tibia index - left 0.46
Maximum tibia index - right 0.37
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.8
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 2.5
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 72
Right 57

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) 45
Distance below top of head (mm) 50
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Fail
Max T1 acceleration (g) 12.0
Head contact time (ms) 78
Force rating 2
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 79
Max neck tension (N) 934

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