Safety
A 2013 base Lancer with front-wheel drive scores an overall four out of five stars in National Highway Traffic Safety Administration crash tests. The Lancer receives the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Top Safety Pick designation with its best score, Good, in frontal-offset, side, rear and roof-strength tests.
Standard safety features include front airbags, front-seat-mounted side-impact airbags, side curtain airbags for front and rear occupants, and a driver's knee airbag. See here for a list of standard safety features.
Click here to see how well child-safety seats fit in the Lancer.
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Seat belt pretensioner system and force limiter system
The driver’s seat and front passenger’s seat each have a seat belt equipped with
a pretensioner system. ...
Driver’s and passenger’s front air bag system
The driver’s air bag is located under the padded cover in the middle of the steering
wheel. The front passenger air bag is contained in the instrument panel above the
glove box.
The driver ai ...
Caution for installing the child restraint on vehicles with a front passenger
airbag
The label shown here is attached on vehicles with a front passenger airbag.
Warning
► Extreme Hazard!
Do not use a rearward facing child restraint on a seat protected by an airbag in
fro ...