2004 Volvo S40

midsize car / 4-door sedan

2004 Volvo S40 4-door sedan

Crashworthiness

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

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 2004-11 models built after February 2004

Tested vehicle: 2004 Volvo S40 2.4i 4-door

The Volvo S40 was redesigned during the 2004 model year (the new design entered production in January 2004 and the earlier design, which is classified as a small car, remained in production into February 2004). Note: information about when a specific vehicle was manufactured is on the certification label typically affixed to the car on or near the driver door. To assure that the S40 is the new design, look for vehicles manufactured in March 2004 or later.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has evaluated the crashworthiness of the redesigned 2004 S40 in a 40 mph frontal offset crash test into a deformable barrier.

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 very well.

Dummy movement was well controlled. During rebound, the dummy's head hit only the head restraint, as indicated by smeared greasepaint.

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 CEF0414
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 5
Left (cm) 7
Center (cm) 7
Right (cm) 6
Brake pedal (cm) 6
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 2
Right (cm) 2
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) -1
Rearward (cm) -2
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 0

Driver injury measures

Test ID CEF0414
Head
HIC-15 151
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.0
Extension bending moment (Nm) 9
Maximum Nij 0.22
Chest maximum compression (mm) 38
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 0.2
Femur force - right (kN) 0.9
Knee displacement - left (mm) 1
Knee displacement - right (mm) 0
Maximum tibia index - left 0.34
Maximum tibia index - right 0.50
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.5
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 2.5
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 44
Right 56

Rating applies to 2002-04 models built before January 2004

Tested vehicle: 2002 Volvo S40 4-door

The Volvo S40 was introduced in the 2000 model year and structurally modified beginning with 2002 models to improve occupant protection in frontal crashes.

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 tilted outward, brushed the A-pillar, and continued partway out the open side window.

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 the driver's survival space was maintained well.

Smeared greasepaint indicates where the dummy's head brushed the A-pillar as it began to rebound from the airbag. Head acceleration from this hit was negligible.

Forces on the lower right leg were high enough to indicate the possibility of injuries.

Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CEF0124
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 8
Left (cm) 17
Center (cm) 19
Right (cm) 15
Brake pedal (cm) 10
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 3
Right (cm) 2
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) -6
Rearward (cm) 3
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 4

Driver injury measures

Test ID CEF0124
Head
HIC-15 297
Peak gs at hard contact negligible
Neck
Tension (kN) 2.2
Extension bending moment (Nm) 22
Maximum Nij 0.45
Chest maximum compression (mm) 41
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 3.7
Femur force - right (kN) 3.9
Knee displacement - left (mm) 6
Knee displacement - right (mm) 1
Maximum tibia index - left 0.44
Maximum tibia index - right 0.89
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 0.9
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 4.8
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 76
Right 110

How the moderate overlap front test is conducted

Roof strength

Rating applies to 2004-11 models built after February 2004

Tested vehicle: 2009 Volvo S40 2.4i 4-door

Overall evaluation
Curb weight 3,260 lbs
Peak force 12,786 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio 3.92

How the roof strength 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) 20
Distance below top of head (mm) 35
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 8.3
Head contact time (ms) 84
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 46
Max neck tension (N) 583

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