Crash Test of Chevrolet Uplander / Saturn Relay / Buick Terraza / Pontiac Montana

Test details:

Chevrolet Uplander
2005-08 models

results also apply to: 2005-07 Buick Terraza | 2005-06 Pontiac Montana SV6 | 2005-07 Saturn RELAY
FRONTAL OFFSET TEST

OVERALL EVALUATION: Good
Structure/safety cage Injury measures Restraints/dummy kinematics
Head/neck Chest Leg/foot, left Leg/foot, right
Good Acceptable Good Good Good Acceptable

Important: Frontal crash test ratings can be compared only among vehicles of similar weight.
Test details:

The Chevrolet Uplander, Pontiac Montana SV6, Buick Terraza, and Saturn RELAY were introduced in the 2005 model year as replacements for the Chevrolet Venture, Pontiac Montana and Trans Sport, and Oldsmobile Silhouette. (A limited number of Chevrolet Ventures and Pontiac Montanas were produced for the 2005 model year.) The Pontiac Montana SV6 was discontinued after the 2006 model year, and the Buick Terraza and Saturn RELAY were discontinued after the 2007 model year. The Uplander was discontined after the 2008 model year.

Restraints/dummy kinematics — Dummy movement was reasonably well controlled. However, the dummy's head bottomed out the airbag and hit the steering wheel. During rebound, the dummy's head hit the B-pillar and roof rail.

Injury measures — High head accelerations occurred when the dummy's head hit both the steering wheel through the airbag and the B-pillar, indicating that head injuries would be possible in a crash of this severity. Injury measures taken from the neck, chest, and both legs indicate low risk of injuries to these body regions.

On the other hand the Pontiac Montana is still assembled in Canada for that market

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• CRash
• Test
• Chevrolet
• Uplander
• Buick
• Terraza
• Saturn
• Relay
• Pontiac
• Montana
• Frontal
• Impact
• IIHS
• Good
• Rating
• Airbags
• Chevy

[rickras20]

Yeah definitely agree... I'm glad that I traded my '98 Venture for an '05 Freestyle, at the cost of a seat, but hey, I still have an Aztek, so I haven't completely betrayed GM.

[grahamboy1010101010]

the evaluation was...

structre safety cage good

[Annihilator1111]

the 2005-2007 Saturn Relay was assembled in

Doraville, Georgia, United States

[Annihilator1111]

the 2005-2007 Buick Terraza was assembled in

Doraville, Georgia, United States

[Annihilator1111]

the 2005-2009 Chevrolet Uplander was assembled in

Doraville, Georgia, United States

[TheHorefrost]

yeh 97-04 wow what a death trap how did that ever get into production!!!!!!

[prckay]

@rickras20 I hope you realize the between 2002-2005 General Motors added the new steel which enforced there minivans

[cmg5363]

wayyyyyyyy better. barely any passenger compartment crumple. the last one it just crushed.

[mgospeed31]

One hell of a lot better than the '97-'04 offset crash tests.

[feetnycam2]

fantastic! no dead super! viva Gm! thanks for saving so many lives.

[shellshock940T]

Go check out the crash test of the previous GM minivan. Yikes. Definitely something I want to haul my precious family in.....riggghhhtt.

I stay far away from American rubbish