Weak Grand Cherokee Roof Dangerous?
Date 2008/3/12 6:03:49 | Topic: Grand Cherokee
| An article on USAToday.com reports that stronger SUV roofs could have saved up to 200 lives in roll-over accidents in 2006.
Unfortunately, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), the Jeep Grand Cherokee has one of the weakest roofs out there when looking at strength-to-weight ratio.The institute estimates that people in SUVs with roofs as strong as the top-rated Nissan (NSANY) Xterra face up to 57% less risk of serious injury or death in a single-vehicle rollover than those in the 1999-2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee or 1996-2004 Chevrolet Blazer. The 1996-2001 Ford (F) Explorer was also among the SUVs that the institute said had the weakest roofs.
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Chrysler, which owns the Jeep brand, notes that IIHS reported last year that the Grand Cherokee actually has a lower fatality rate in rollover crashes than the Xterra. But IIHS spokesman Russ Rader says Wednesday's report controlled for factors that influence the chance of a rollover so it could isolate the link between roof strength and injury risk.
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