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:
Changing the detection areas
The detection areas can be changed as follows:
Vehicles with a towing bar
While the operation of the system is stopped at the “SONAR” switch, push the
“SONAR” switch approximately 3 second ...
Diesel-powered vehicles
► Select engine oil of the proper SAE viscosity number according to the atmospheric
temperature.
► Use engine oil conforming to the following classification: • ACEA classification:
...
Pretensioner system
The pretensioner system will retract their respective seat belts instantaneously,
thus maximizing the seat belt’s effectiveness, if there is a frontal impact severe
enough to injure the driver a ...