Poor crash-test performance costs the Nissan Quest its Consumer Reports ... - ConsumerReports.org

An IIHS press release stated that the Quest driver’s compartment collapsed so completely that both of the crash-test dummy’s legs were trapped. The Quest was one of three minivan models tested in the latest round of the IIHS’s tough “small overlap” crash test. The small overlap test replicates what happens when just a front corner of the vehicle strikes a pole, tree, or another vehicle straight on. Inaugurated in 2012, this 40-mpg rigid-barrier crash is especially challenging because the crash forces... In the IIHS’s other frontal crash test, which engages nearly half the vehicle’s front end, most vehicles have done very well in recent years. The latest small-overlap scores apply to the 2008-2015 Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Grand Caravan, 2014-2015 Honda Odyssey, 2011-2015 Nissan Quest, and 2015 Toyota Sienna. Consumer Reports only recommends a vehicle when it does well in our road tests, demonstrates at least average reliability, and preforms at least acceptably in government and IIHS safety tests. The poor crash showings for the Quest and the Chrysler minivans are a little. Source: www.consumerreports.org