2006 Suzuki Aerio

small car / 4-door sedan

2006 Suzuki Aerio 4-door sedan
2005 Suzuki Aerio shown

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Moderate overlap front: original test
Side: original test
Head restraints & seats

Other available safety features

  • Standard daytime running lights

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 2002-07 models

Tested vehicle: 2002 Suzuki Aerio S 4-door

The Suzuki Aerio was introduced in the 2002 model year.

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.

Smeared greasepaint indicates where the dummy's head hit the roof rail during rebound. Head acceleration from this hit was low.

Intrusion into the driver's space was minimal, and all leg and foot injury measures were low.

Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

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

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

How the moderate overlap front test is conducted

Side: original test

Rating applies to 2005-07 models

Tested vehicle: 2005 Suzuki Aerio S 4-door with standard front seat-mounted torso airbags

The Suzuki Aerio was introduced for the 2002 model year. Front seat-mounted side torso airbags became standard beginning with 2005 models (they were unavailable in 2004 and earlier models).

Overall evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Torso
Pelvis/leg
Driver head protection
The dummy's head was hit by the intruding barrier, producing high head injury measures.
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck
Torso
Pelvis/leg
Rear passenger head protection
The dummy's head was hit by the pillar behind the rear passenger door. This pillar is required by federal standard to provide some protection for occupants' heads.

View of the vehicle and barrier just after the crash test.

View of the vehicle after the crash with doors removed, showing the side airbag and damage to the occupant compartment.

Action shot taken during the side impact crash test showing the driver dummy's head being hit by the intruding barrier.

Smeared greasepaint shows where the rear passenger dummy's head was hit by the pillar behind the rear passenger door.

Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CES0429
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -6.0
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Test ID CES0429
Head HIC-15 1,399
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.8
Compression (kN) 0.3
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 52
Lateral force (kN) 2.2
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 45
Average deflection (mm) 42
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 5.54
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 1.05
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 4.3
Acetabulum force (kN) 4.0
Combined force (kN) 7.9
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.8
L-M moment (Nm) 102
A-P moment (Nm) 50

Passenger injury measures

Test ID CES0429
Head HIC-15 557
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.3
Compression (kN) 1.7
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 42
Lateral force (kN) 1.8
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 50
Average deflection (mm) 34
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 5.10
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 1.00
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 1.0
Acetabulum force (kN) 3.6
Combined force (kN) 4.2
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 1.4
L-M moment (Nm) 172
A-P moment (Nm) -80

How the side crash test is conducted

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) 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

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

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