IIHS Low Speed Crash Results: Midsize SUV's

Bumpers should protect car bodies from damage in low-speed collisions, the kind that frequently occur in congested urban traffic. But many don't. The Institute conducts four 5 mph crash tests to assess bumper performance: front-into-flat-barrier, rear-into-flat-barrier, front-into-angle-barrier, and rear-into-pole. Vehicles are listed in alphabetical order by manufacturer.

NOTE: Repair costs are as of November 2001. Where two or more models are grouped together on the same line, bumper tests were conducted on the model listed first.

	Front into flat barrier	Rear into flat barrier	Front into angle barrier	Rear into pole	All four tests	Average damage per test
ACURA MDX
2001 models	$128	$293	$679	$755	$1,855	$464
BMW X5
2001 models	$928	$273	$1,077	$196	$2,474	$619
BUICK RENDEZVOUS
2002 models	$213	$798	$1,123	$3,683	$5,817	$1,454
CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER
2002 models	$811	$0	$879	$755	$2,445	$611
CHEVROLET BLAZER GMC JIMMY
1996 models	$650	$1,069	$1,808	$1,346	$4,873	$1,218
DODGE DURANGO
1999 models	$1,701	$797	$1,941	$1,966¹	$6,405	$1,601
				$1,380²	$5,819	$1,455
FORD EXPLORER
2002 models	$1,127	$272	$2,334	$1,699	$5,432	$1,358
1996 models	$946	$1,505	$2,388	$1,162	$6,001	$1,500
ISUZU AXIOM
2002 models	$948	$685	$1,621	$1,583	$4,837	$1,209
ISUZU RODEO HONDA PASSPORT
2000 models	$1,860	$1,017	$2,065	$607	$5,549	$1,387
1996 models	$1,283	$2,570	$2,189	$2,500	$8,542	$2,136
ISUZU TROOPER
2000 models	$2,921	$2,867	$2,391	$3,654	$11,833	$2,958
JEEP LIBERTY
2002 models	$809	$1,719	$1,649	$1,490	$5,667	$1,417
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE
1999 models	$846	$1,040	$1,891	$2,349	$6,126	$1,532
1996 models	$802	$1,849	$2,244	$2,135	$7,030	$1,758
LAND ROVER DISCOVERY
1999 models	$956	$1,293	$2,617	$849	$5,715	$1,429
1996 models	$760	$2,579	$3,061	$1,443	$7,843	$1,961
LEXUS RX 300
1999 models	$477	$349	$1,493	$1,267	$3,586	$897
MERCEDES M CLASS
1999 models	$385	$128	$1,070	$1,754	$3,337	$834
MITSUBISHI MONTERO
2001 models	$1,257	$2,559	$2,618	$2,897	$9,331	$2,333
1996 models	$568	$2,792	$2,075	$1,308	$6,743	$1,686
MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT
1999 models	$1,283	$1,355	$2,344	$1,921	$6,903	$1,726
NISSAN PATHFINDER INFINITI QX4
1997 models	$1,169	$1,714	$3,020	$3,306	$9,209	$2,302
NISSAN XTERRA
2000 models	$677	$951	$2,148	$1,104	$4,880	$1,220
PONTIAC AZTEK
2001 models	$358	$404	$486	$2,302	$3,550	$888
SUZUKI GRAND VITARA XL-7
2001 models	$681	$1,626	$1,549	$2,095	$5,951	$1,488
TOYOTA 4RUNNER
1996 models	$926	$2,292	$2,246	$2,831	$8,295	$2,074
TOYOTA HIGHLANDER
2001 models	$650	$414	$1,480	$542	$3,086	$772

¹ First test, in which tailgate opened on impact.

² Second test, with improved rear bumper (on a later-production Durango). Tailgate remained fully latched on impact.

• Other low-speed results
• Midsize utility vehicles frontal offset crash tests summary