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Small overlap front:
Driver-side
| Overall evaluation | |
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| Structure and safety cage | |
| Injury measures | |
| Head/neck | |
| Chest | |
| Hip/thigh | |
| Lower leg/foot | |
| Restraints and dummy kinematics | |
Small overlap front:
Passenger-side
| Overall evaluation | |
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| Structure and safety cage | |
| Passenger injury measures | |
| Head/neck | |
| Chest | |
| Hip/thigh | |
| Lower leg/foot | |
| Passenger restraints and dummy kinematics | |
| Driver injury measures | |
| Head/neck | |
| Chest | |
| Hip/thigh | |
| Lower leg/foot | |
| Driver restraints and dummy kinematics | |
Moderate overlap front
| Overall evaluation | |
|---|---|
| Structure and safety cage | |
| Injury measures | |
| Head/neck | |
| Chest | |
| Leg/foot, left | |
| Leg/foot, right | |
| Restraints and dummy kinematics | |
Side
| Overall evaluation | |
|---|---|
| Structure and safety cage | |
| Driver injury measures | |
| Head/neck | |
| Torso | |
| Pelvis/leg | |
| Head protection | |
| Rear passenger injury measures | |
| Head/neck | |
| Torso | |
| Pelvis/leg | |
| Head protection | |
Roof strength
| Overall evaluation | |
|---|---|
| Curb weight | 4,154 lbs |
| Peak force | 19,533 lbs |
| Strength-to-weight ratio | 4.70 |
| Tested vehicle |
2016 Kia Sorento EX 4-door 4wd |
Head restraints & seats
Manual cloth seat
| Overall evaluation | |
|---|---|
| Dynamic rating | |
| Seat/head restraint geometry |
Front crash prevention
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| Overall Evaluation |
 Superior
with optional
equipment 6 points total
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This system meets the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's criteria for forward collision warning.
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1 point |
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In the 12 mph IIHS test, this vehicle avoided a collision.
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2 points |
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In the 25 mph IIHS test, this vehicle avoided a collision.
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3 points |
Headlights
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| Low-beam headlight type | LED projector |
| High-beam headlight type | LED projector |
| Curve-adaptive? | Yes |
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Yes
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| Overall rating | |
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On the straightaway, visibility was good on both sides of the road. On curves, visibility was good on the sharp left and both right curves and fair on the gradual left curve. The low beams never exceeded glare limits. |
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On the straightaway, visibility was good on the right side of the road and inadequate on the left side. On curves, visibility was good on the gradual right curve and fair on the sharp right and both left curves. High-beam assist compensates for some limitations of this vehicle's low beams on both left curves. |
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| Low-beam headlight type | Halogen projector |
| High-beam headlight type | Halogen projector |
| Curve-adaptive? | No |
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No
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| Overall rating | |
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On the straightaway, visibility was fair on both sides of the road. On curves, visibility was inadequate in all 4 tests. The low beams created some glare. |
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On the straightaway, visibility was good on both sides of the road. On curves, visibility was inadequate in all 4 tests. |
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Child seat anchors (LATCH)
ease of use
LX — cloth seats
| Good | No hardware available | ||
| Acceptable | Tether anchor | ||
| Marginal | Lower anchors | ||
| Poor | |||
| Lower anchor(s) can be borrowed from adjacent positions(s) | |||
| Seating positions that rely on borrowed lower anchors or have only a tether anchor available are not rated. | |||
| Overall evaluation |
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| 1 | |
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| Tether anchor | |
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easy-to-find location
other hardware could be confused for anchor
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| Lower anchors | |
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not too deep in seat
not too much force needed to attach
easy to maneuver around anchors
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| 2 | |
| Tether anchor | |
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easy-to-find location
no other hardware could be confused for anchor
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| Lower anchors | |
| none available | |
| 3 | |
| Tether anchor | |
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easy-to-find location
other hardware could be confused for anchor
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| Lower anchors | |
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not too deep in seat
not too much force needed to attach
easy to maneuver around anchors
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Other safety features
- Side airbags: front and second row head curtain airbags and front seat-mounted torso airbags
- Rollover sensor: designed to deploy the side curtain airbags in the event of an impending rollover
- Electronic stability control, includes roll stability control
- Antilock brakes
- Daytime running lights
