Red paint on the knee bolster indicates where the dummy's left knee hit, producing moderately high forces on the femur. The Jeep Wrangler was redesigned for the 1997 model year. Special safety features The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has evaluated the crashworthiness of the Wrangler in a 40 mph frontal offset crash test into a deformable barrier. Head restraint and bumper designs are evaluated separately. The driver space was maintained reasonably well in the frontal offset crash test.
Measures indicate possible left leg injury.
Plus the doors on the tested model don't provide optimal lateral restraint. This could be a problem, especially in rollover crashes. There was moderate intrusion into the driver footwell area and no rearward movement of the instrument panel. After the dummy moved forward into the airbag, it leaned toward the driver door. Its head and left shoulder moved outside the door because the doors on the soft-top model tested aren't high enough for optimal restraint.