Latin NCAP, organization dedicated to the evaluation of vehicles marketed in Latin America and the Caribbeanreleased the results of its first evaluation of the year, which featured the Jeep Renegade, a small SUV produced in Brazil.
Jeep Renegade – Results
Overall rating: One star
- Adult occupant protection: 49%
- Child occupant protection: 67%
- Protection of pedestrians and vulnerable road users: 45%
- Safety assistance systems: 56%
Latin NCAP on the Jeep Renegade
The Renegade has been tested for frontal impact, side impact, whiplash, pedestrian protection, speed assist, and ESC.
Next, what is reported by Latin NCAP in each item:
“In the frontal impact it showed adequate to good protection for adults. The structure and the area of the feet qualified as stable. The side impact showed good body protection but marginal head protection, probably explained by the lack of standard side protection. The pole side impact was not performed because the vehicle does not offer standard side head protection. Protection against whiplash was good.”
“The child occupant showed almost total protection for the 3-year-old child and limited protection for the year-and-a-half-year-old explained by head contact with the front seat. The CRS installation showed maximum score”.
“Pedestrian protection showed poor lower leg protection, adequate to good upper leg protection, and weak to poor protection in some areas of the head hood, while the center showed moderate protection. good to adequate”.
“ESC showed good performance and reached a top speed of 85 km/h and 70 km/h in the ADAC and consumer tests respectively. SBRs are only standard for the first row. The AEB and ADAS technologies are optional equipment but do not meet the minimum requirements of Latin NCAP to be evaluated and scored”.
On the other hand, Latin NCAP criticized Jeep’s use of old safety test results for the Renegade. Specifically, he pointed out that, in several countries in the region, Jeep continued to use the 2015 result after the 4-year period and also continues to use it for the 2023 model, making incorrect and unauthorized design adaptations, despite the fact that the model was evaluated almost 8 years ago and under two previous evaluation protocols.
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