2023 Chevrolet Tahoe driver-side small overlap IIHS crash test

2023 Chevrolet Tahoe 40 mph driver-side small overlap front IIHS crash test
Overall evaluation: Good
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[@stevenboswell220]

The buckling of the body just made me think of the Astro test…

[@titan9259]

More like the Lincoln LS and Isuzu Rodeo from 2000

[@0w3nn]

More like the Honda Odyssey from 2014

[@haidengameplays]

​@@0w3nnthat did better than nissan quest

[@NotSoGoodGamer18]

They’re both Chevys after all

[@tsslaporte]

We care about the safety cell where the passengers are which did great. Buckling of the rear absorbs crash energy. You can see this in some cars as well.

[@porothepotato]

I thought it was gonna get a poor because of that buckling in the rear but it was rated Good, feels like buckling of the 2014 Honda Odyssey but worse

[@Vanguard.I]

The rear buckling did not produce high injury measures for the driver

[@legioner9]

Why would that buckling make you think it would get a poor?

[@clintsmith3460]

The question is, why did it buckle? If it was going faster, would that pose a problem?

[@jonask.9879]

@@clintsmith3460I think to absorb the energy of the impact

[@legioner9]

@@clintsmith3460 It buckled because of the forces travelling through the structure, not really a big deal that buckling. It would not pose a problem since the crash results are always extrapolated for a worse scenario, i.e. if the car reaches a treshold regarding deformation, structure separation etc., it will not get the GOOD.

[@Infamousdee240]

🔥🔥🔥 honestly surprised this got a good was expecting the worst 😂

[@akj2387]

Why? Chevy’s always do well. I’m taking about more recent times. Just look at Camaro vs Mustang vs Challenger etc

[@Infamousdee240]

@@akj2387 Camaro got the best rating but the Malibu was ight in terms of safety , the updated test it failed miserably & I think in the passenger overlap it got marginal

[@vipermoon_]

that fared a lot better than the ford. wonder why the center airbag was so delayed

[@glanzera]

Airbags don't all automatically deploy together. Each individual airbag has thousands and thousands of parameters from many sensors that determine deployment.

[@wraith78]

Probably designed to be delayed so it stays fully inflated for the driver’s rebound movement backwards, after striking the front ones. I suspect to prevent driver’s and passenger’s heads from hitting one another.

[@parkergray5346]

If I had to guess it’s either purposefully delayed for some reason I can’t think of right now, or it only deployed after sensors detected the vehicle moving sideways which might cause the occupants to possibly move side to side and collide

[@vipermoon_]

@@parkergray5346 oh i like your latter theory

[@xDWhite4295x]

Probably when the vehicle sensed that it was rotating that it decided to deploy the center airbag

[@kearney6197]

The buckling effect at the rear kinda reminds me of when they did I believe it was the 2021 or 23 Camry where people was talking about how the C pillar behind the rear quarter window “which is one of my favorite things about the 8th gen Camry” I luv the way that quarter window is designed😌but anyway yeah people talked about that and now this to so I’m wondering if the buckling is a good thing I believe it is because it’s absorbing the force but that’s just me🤷‍♂️

[@Ficon]

Notice how much better it did on the driver's side than on the passenger's side (G vs A). GM clearly did not expect a passenger side test and only engineered the driver's side to pass the test (previous-generation Grand Cherokee did the same thing with an even more pronounced difference). This is the difference between a safe vehicle (pretty much anything European, Mazda) and a vehicle designed to pass very specific tests (GM, Toyota, Honda, Ford, Hyundai, Kia, Subaru). The same reason the moderate overlap rear passenger safety is Poor.

[@user-op7vy5ny4r]

if Tahoe rear buckles like that, I wonder what will happen to a longer Suburban.

[@watchsee1812]

I wonder how the 3rd row passengers are doing? Do they have G too? I think this is a failure.

[@titan9259]

Check the ratings for the updated moderate test.

[@redwolfmaddox3986]

Oh my gosh!

[@hanks-dances-stuff]

0:41 Bravo, GM You actually used the side seat airbag in a Chevrolet that doesn’t use a GM chime

[@Justarandomdoor]

Now we can see how the new Tahoe did, it is good 😊

[@BruceHubbard560]

I always wondered how they get the cars to move with no actual driver in 😅 someone please tell me 😊

[@farflungtraveler]

At best, I was expecting it to receive a marginal rating due to the back buckling.

[@toyotaguy_8722]

wow

[@T1ny_J1mmy]

Hello

[@darknessislight3689]

Buckled just the GM van trucks and SUV’s of the 80’s and 90’s 😳 shocking 🫨 that in 2023 nfw

[@BavariaWerks]

People don’t understand that a large suv is usually not safer when hitting a stationary object. The weight of an suv is very hard to slow down and safety is reduced. They are only slightly safer when hitting a smaller vehicle. Of course though you are more likely to lose control of a large vehicle which means you’re more likely to have a wreck to begin with than if you were in car. Of course it depends on vehicle manufacturer too though. You’re much more likely to walk away from an accident in a European suv than you would in an American tin can suv, as shown here.

[@ladygagarocks21]

Please do a Toyota sequoia next I’d like to see how a Toyota product fares in this category

[@SinRGY03]

One thing to remember: The results of the Tahoe would also be the same results for the Suburban, GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade since they all share the same Platform made by GM

[@GethinJames]

Damn. They have airbags all over the place now!

[@haidengameplays]

Do 2024 toyota land cruiser driver side small overlap

[@PhillipineLover612]

Not yet

[@raymondjohnson4610]

Now let see what the electric one do

[@JMartinni]

I guess IIHS knows best but what's on display here is pretty concerning. It's not just "some buckling", when the front wheel gets pushed back the whole side of the car gets pushed in with the driver's seat getting a jolt inward. That doesn't look "good" to me, may be fine at this 40mph test but it doesn't give confidence about the car's safety in other situations.

[@titan9259]

Did you check their site?

[@tarasaurus98]

It's fine, the passenger cabin is supposed to buckle like that to disperse the energy 💀

[@alg003]

And people defend Chevy like they're the best in the business. This is honestly horrifying and scary. Shame on you GM.

[@Yermzy]

I mean it did good in this crash test… would of made more sense for you to put this comment on the moderate overlap crash test video of the Tahoe

[@legioner9]

What do you even mean @alg003? It got a GOOD.

[@elijahjenkins1669]

Interesting, I’m not sure what you were expecting but it got the highest rating available.

[@legioner9]

@@elijahjenkins1669 You know it's bad when random people start to believe they know better than the crash-test engineers themselves.

[@JMartinni]

@@legioner9 Or people can just buy a "Good" rated car that doesn't visibly push the whole side of the car in during a small-overlap front crash test. "Good" clearly doesn't mean much.

[@legioner9]

Nice. For the peasants arguing why it got a GOOD, my question for you is: are you now smarter than the IIHS engineers themselves?

[@titan9259]

They're too lazy to check the website.

[@Mr.Explorerttyyg]

That's why lc 200 is better ☺️

[@user-jq5xf2cu5j]

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