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.
See also:
Manual shift
Using the gearshift lever (A) or the shift paddles (B), shifting can be performed
manually.
Shifting can be performed even while the accelerator pedal is depressed.
This allows the driver to enj ...
Daytime dipper button (meter illumination control)
Each time you press this button, there is a sound and the brightness of the instruments
changes.
NOTE
• You can adjust to 8 different levels for when the position lamps are illuminated
and 8 ...
Braking
All the parts of the brake system are critical to safety.
We recommend you to have the vehicle checked at regular intervals according to
the service booklet.
Caution
► Avoid driving habits ...