Safety
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave the Outlander Good overall scores, the highest rating possible, in its frontal-offset and side-impact crash tests. It received an Acceptable rating for its ability to prevent whiplash injuries in rear-end collisions.
Standard safety features include antilock brakes, side-impact airbags for the front seats, side curtain airbags for the first two rows of seats and an electronic stability system. The curtains aren't designed to protect third-row passengers.
For a full list of safety features, check out the Standard Equipment & Specs page.
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Tips for starting
► Do not operate the starter motor continuously longer than 10 seconds; doing
so could run down the battery. If the engine does not start, turn the ignition switch
back to “LOCK”, wait a ...
Outlander in the Market
Practicality notwithstanding, the Outlander is just too rough around the
edges. Competitors have their annoyances — the CR-V has ride quality issues, the
RAV4 has an infernal sideways-swinging t ...
Tether anchorage locations
There are 2 child restraint anchorage points located on the back of the seatbacks.
These are for fastening the child restraint tether straps to the 2 rear seat seating
positions.
Warning
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