These Three Big SUVs From The US Earn Bad Results In The IIHS Collision Test

Chevrolet Tahoe during the hit test. (Doc. IIHS)

JAKARTA - The Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) has just released the results of a hit test on a large SUV model consisting of Chevrolet Tahoe, Ford Expedition, and Jeep Wagoneer models. Unfortunately, the results achieved were not in accordance with expectations.

Of the three models, only Jeep Wagoneer managed to get the title of Top Safety Pick 2024. Meanwhile, Chevrolet Tahoe and Ford Expedition got disappointing results during testing.

According to the Motor1 alert, Tuesday, June 11, the two of them won low titles for various reasons, including substandard performance in the front overlap hit test.

IIHS President David Harkey, said the large SUV would provide extra protection in case of a smaller collision with a vehicle, but potentially dangerous for other road users.

Another part of its large size is that there is more power to be controlled when they hit fixed obstacles such as trees or bridge supports or barriers that we use in the next hit test, Harkey said.

In small overlap testing, only Jeep Wagoneer is considered good in maintaining driver and front passenger safety. However, during driver side testing, this model is considered slightly worse because there are several factors that can increase the risk of injury to the driver's left leg and wrist.

In testing on the driver's side, Tahoe received an acceptable rating to maintain adequate safety space for drivers, airbags, and barriers to work properly. However, there is considerable damage to the ankle, thereby increasing the risk of higher injury.

The worse thing is on the passenger side. The damage caused can make the risk of injury higher on the right leg and the moderate risk on the passenger's left leg.

Meanwhile, Ford Expedition gained marginal value in testing these two sides. In the driver, part of the steering column is detached from the instrument panel, and in both tests pillar A is separate from the rocker panel which increases the risk of injury to the right leg and moderate risk on the left foot.

In other tests such as moderate overlap fronts, all three received good predicates. However, the head of the driver's doll on Wagoneer can hit the steering wheel through the airbag. Meanwhile, the airbag on the Expedition model did not expand during the test.

As testing avoids accidents in pedestrians, a precautionary system at the front has been provided on Expedition and Wagoneer models so that both of them get a good predicate. Both vehicles avoid collisions with pedestrian dolls while in day and night testing scenarios.

However, the Expedition model gained marginal value because the lighting system had difficulty illuminating the road quite well at the corner and the resulting low beams were too pleasing to the driver.