Car Details
Body type
5 door hatchback
Publication year
2010
Crash test weight
1276kg
Safety equipment
Driver frontal airbag
YES
Passenger frontal airbag
YES
Side head airbags
NO
Side body airbags (front)
NO
Driver knee airbag
NO
Front Seatbelt pretensioners
YES
FRONT PASSENGER
DRIVER
Protection
GOOD ADEQUATE MARGINAL WEAK POORCOMMENTS
The driver and passenger airbags offered good protection to the head. However, the protection offered to the driver’s chest was marginal and there were hazardous structures in the area of the fascia that could be impacted by an occupants knees. The seat belts in the front were fitted with pretensioners (device that takes away slack in the webbing in an early stage of the impact and improves the performance of the seat belt) which did not perform properly during the impact. FIAT will review this issue together with the seat belt manufacturer. In addition the manufacturer told LN that they will improve the knee area shortly. .
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