2004 Suzuki Aerio

small car / 4-door sedan

2004 Suzuki Aerio 4-door sedan
2002 Suzuki Aerio shown

Crashworthiness

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

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: 2002 Suzuki Aerio S 4-door
Rating applies to 2002-07 models

The Suzuki Aerio was introduced in the 2002 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 CEF0217
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 8
Left (cm) 13
Center (cm) 11
Right (cm) 11
Brake pedal (cm) 5
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 0
Right (cm) -1
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) -1
Rearward (cm) -4
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 0

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEF0217
Head
HIC-15 170
Peak gs at hard contact 45
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.3
Extension bending moment (Nm) 31
Maximum Nij 0.47
Chest maximum compression (mm) 34
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 2.6
Femur force - right (kN) 1.7
Knee displacement - left (mm) 4
Knee displacement - right (mm) 1
Maximum tibia index - left 0.39
Maximum tibia index - right 0.55
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.3
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 2.3
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 81
Right 59

About the original moderate overlap front test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: All seats

Overall evaluation
M
Dynamic rating
M
Seat/head restraint geometry
G
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type All seats
Geometry
Backset (mm) 60
Distance below top of head (mm) 36
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Fail
Max T1 acceleration (g) 12.3
Head contact time (ms) 85
Force rating 2
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 164
Max neck tension (N) 745

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