2004 Toyota Sienna

minivan

2004 Toyota Sienna Minivan

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Moderate overlap front: original test

Key

  • G
    Good
  • A
    Acceptable
  • M
    Marginal
  • P
    Poor
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Moderate overlap front: original test

Rating applies to 2004-10 models

Tested vehicle: 2004 Toyota Sienna LE

The Toyota Sienna was redesigned for the 2004 model year.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has evaluated the crashworthiness of the Sienna in two 40 mph moderate overlap frontal crash tests into deformable barriers. Two tests were conducted because a major fuel leak occurred in the first test. Toyota identified a defect in the manufacturing process of the plastic fuel tank and recalled the affected models. A second test was conducted to assess the effect of the manufacturing fix. For this test, Toyota retrofitted a redesigned fuel tank into the van. Due to the similarity of results (except for the fuel leak), the evaluation of the Sienna is based on both tests.

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 second of two frontal offset crash tests.

The dummy's position in relation to the steering wheel and instrument panel after both crash tests indicates that the driver's survival space was maintained well (second test shown).<strong> </strong>.

Smeared greasepaint indicates where the dummy's head hit the B-pillar and head restraint during rebound in the second test. The head rebounded similarly in the first test. Head accelerations from these hits were low in both tests.

Intrusion into the driver's space was minimal, and forces on the legs and feet were low in both tests (second test shown).

Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CEF0310 CEF0314
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 10 9
Left (cm) 15 13
Center (cm) 11 8
Right (cm) 12 9
Brake pedal (cm) 4 2
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 4 2
Right (cm) 5 4
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) -6 -2
Rearward (cm) 5 -1
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 1 1

Driver injury measures

Test ID CEF0310 CEF0314
Head
HIC-15 127 148
Peak gs at hard contact 8 8
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.4 1.3
Extension bending moment (Nm) 24 19
Maximum Nij 0.33 0.27
Chest maximum compression (mm) 27 29
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 4.7 4.1
Femur force - right (kN) 3.1 3.6
Knee displacement - left (mm) 0 3
Knee displacement - right (mm) 1 2
Maximum tibia index - left 0.55 0.34
Maximum tibia index - right 0.57 0.46
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.0 0.9
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 2.6 2.4
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 81 71
Right 62 53

How the moderate overlap front test is conducted