1998 Nissan Maxima
midsize car / 4-door sedan
Moderate overlap front: original test
Tested vehicle: 1998 Nissan Maxima GXE 4-door
Rating applies to 1997-99 models
The Nissan Maxima was redesigned for the 1995 model year and the Infiniti I30 was introduced in the 1996 model year. Both were structurally modified for 1997 to improve performance in frontal offset crashes.
| 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. During rebound, the dummy's head hit the upper anchorage of the shoulder belt on the B-pillar. There was too much upward movement of 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 | CF97024 |
| Footwell intrusion | |
| Footrest (cm) | 22 |
| Left (cm) | 30 |
| Center (cm) | 28 |
| Right (cm) | 21 |
| Brake pedal (cm) | 20 |
| Instrument panel rearward movement | |
| Left (cm) | 10 |
| Right (cm) | 7 |
| Steering column movement | |
| Upward (cm) | 10 |
| Rearward (cm) | 7 |
| A-pillar rearward movement (cm) | 10 |
Driver injury measures
| Evaluation criteria | Measurement |
|---|---|
| Test ID | CF97024 |
| Head | |
| HIC-15 | 309 |
| Peak gs at hard contact | 28 |
| Neck | |
| Tension (kN) | 1.6 |
| Extension bending moment (Nm) | 31 |
| Maximum Nij | 0.29 |
| Chest maximum compression (mm) | 30 |
| Legs | |
| Femur force - left (kN) | 3.4 |
| Femur force - right (kN) | 2.9 |
| Knee displacement - left (mm) | 6 |
| Knee displacement - right (mm) | 13 |
| Maximum tibia index - left | 1.08 |
| Maximum tibia index - right | 0.66 |
| Tibia axial force - left (kN) | 1.6 |
| Tibia axial force - right (kN) | 4.5 |
| Foot acceleration (g) | |
| Left | 62 |
| Right | 73 |