2010 Suzuki Grand Vitara

small SUV / 4-door SUV

2010 Suzuki Grand Vitara 4-door SUV
2009 Suzuki Grand Vitara shown

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteria Rating
Moderate overlap front: original test
G
Side: original test
A
Roof strength
A
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: 2008 Suzuki Grand Vitara 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2006-13 models

The Suzuki Grand Vitara was redesigned for the 2006 model year and discontinued after the 2013 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 CEF0810
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 12
Left (cm) 15
Center (cm) 17
Right (cm) 9
Brake pedal (cm) 18
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 3
Right (cm) 2
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 8
Rearward (cm) 4
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 3

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEF0810
Head
HIC-15 358
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.4
Extension bending moment (Nm) 17
Maximum Nij 0.33
Chest maximum compression (mm) 32
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 3.8
Femur force - right (kN) 3.2
Knee displacement - left (mm) 0
Knee displacement - right (mm) 3
Maximum tibia index - left 0.19
Maximum tibia index - right 0.34
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.4
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 2.5
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 58
Right 63

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Tested vehicle: 2008 Suzuki Grand Vitara 4-door 4wd with standard front and rear head curtain airbags and standard front seat-mounted side torso airbags
Rating applies to 2006-13 models

The Suzuki Grand Vitara was redesigned for the 2006 model year and discontinued after the 2013 model year.

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
A
Structure and safety cage
A
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
G
Pelvis/leg
M
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 CES0827
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -8.5
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0827
Head HIC-15 191
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.9
Compression (kN) 0.1
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 38
Lateral force (kN) 1.8
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 35
Average deflection (mm) 26
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 3.77
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.65
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 4.8
Acetabulum force (kN) 1.9
Combined force (kN) 6.6
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.2
L-M moment (Nm) 80
A-P moment (Nm) -33

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES0827
Head HIC-15 173
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.0
Compression (kN) 0.6
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 26
Lateral force (kN) 1.3
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 19
Average deflection (mm) 14
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 1.94
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.15
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 2.1
Acetabulum force (kN) 1.5
Combined force (kN) 3.4
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.5
L-M moment (Nm) 83
A-P moment (Nm) -42

About the original side crash test

Roof strength

Tested vehicle: 2009 Suzuki Grand Vitara Premium 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2009-13 models

Overall evaluation
A
Curb weight 3,639 lbs
Peak force 12,727 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio 3.50

About the roof strength 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) 40
Distance below top of head (mm) 40
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Fail
Max T1 acceleration (g) 13.6
Head contact time (ms) 79
Force rating 2
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 63
Max neck tension (N) 773

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