Tacoma Safety

I was looking at the safety ratings of the new trucks and it seems the passenger front for 2011 only got 2 starts.. while 2010 and below all got 5 stars.

Any idea why?

http://www.cars.com/toyota/tacoma/2011/safety/

 

Probably because some of the options on the 2011 involve upsized tires or more off road packages so they think its more unsafe. just a guess?

 

I think they changed how they do the rating for 2011 models. Lot's of mfg's. were affected.

Edit, found a link

http://www.safercar.gov/Vehicle+Shoppers/5-Star+Safety+Ratings/2011+Vehicles

 

Or they assumed that the gas pedal will get stuck

 

too many vehicles were getting the 5 star rating, so they upped the requirements for 2011+ vehicles.

 

get some beefy slider and a ARB bumper and people will have to watch out for you !!

 

i think its the new grille, its less safe

 

Your right the two bar grills are twice as safe, thats why I bought a 2010.

 

Wonder what caused the difference between the driver and passenger results. Theoretically the passenger side has more space for the airbag to deploy, so it should be safer. It sucks NHTSA no longer provides the detailed results behind the dumbed down star ratings. In 2010 and earlier it provided chest deceleration, femur load, etc.