Crash safety : 2007 to 2014 Yukon Vs 2015+ Yukon

[Alan2017]

I do own both 2013 Escalade EXT & 2011 Yukon Denali. Lately I been viewing some crash test videos of this generation of GM SUVs compared to newer 2015+ models I was shocked that the 2015s are alot safer. I appreciate all views
Alan

 

[swathdiver]

Why shocked? Shouldn't consumers expect that automobile manufacturer's will endeavor to make their products safer?

What is not measured or reported are the vehicles least involved in crashes, those with superior situational awareness and the ability to get their driver's out of harm's way.

Mine own proclivity is to not go out and buy the next generation because it is rated as superior in an accident.

 

[GTNator]

You should check out the crash tests on the Expedition. That’s impressive. Something for GM to strive for.


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[calif phil]

I still feel safe in my Tahoe compared to driving a car.

 

[iamdub]

2015+ are much safer because they spend more time parked in the dealer's service department than they do on the highway.

 

[tsuintx]

Shocked? Why?

NNBS design was probably started around 2004-05 and no major changes were instituted during the production run. The K2xx design was probably started in 2012-2013. Pretty sure safety design took quite a big natural steps forward during those 7-8 years. Just like any other technology.

 

[GTNator]

I still don’t understand why they don’t do the offset frontal crash test on the Suburban. I think Chevy needs to submit a vehicle to get them to do it but I would really like to see the results. This is an important test.


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[swathdiver]

I still don’t understand why they don’t do the offset frontal crash test on the Suburban. I think Chevy needs to submit a vehicle to get them to do it but I would really like to see the results. This is an important test.

Well, as for me and my house, we do not buy vehicles based on ratings, especially from the grossly biased and discredited Consumer Reports.

You could however conduct your own test...

 

[GTNator]

Well, as for me and my house, we do not buy vehicles based on ratings, especially from the grossly biased and discredited Consumer Reports.

You could however conduct your own test...

I’m not sure why you mentioned Consumer Reports. IIHS and NHTSA do the crash tests. And the GM trucks do not perform as well as the Ford Expedition.

The other point I was making is that I would really like to see IIHS Test the Suburban with the offset frontal collision. However GM needs to submit a vehicle to them in order for them to conduct this test. It’s a really hard test to pass. I saw a Ford F-150 fail miserably, the entire drivers cabin collapsed. This was a few years back, then Ford improved their design and now they perform much better.

 

[swathdiver]

Maybe GM knows it would "fail" and chooses not to give someone bullets to shoot back at them?

 

[HotCarl]

2015 Frontal Crash Test

2013 Frontal Crash Test

GTNator, I agree. Overlap tests on the suburban would be nice to see. A lot of full size trucks, particularly crew cabs do poorly in that test.

 

[Danny3737]

They have to be safer since people are more interested in staring at their phones than the road

 

[Alan2017]

I still feel safe in my Tahoe compared to driving a car.

Of course Safer than a compact sedan or small crossover but Less Safe compared to the 2015+ GM Full size and other full size brands like Ford Expedition!

 

[Alan2017]

2015 Frontal Crash Test

2013 Frontal Crash Test

GTNator, I agree. Overlap tests on the suburban would be nice to see. A lot of full size trucks, particularly crew cabs do poorly in that test.

So technically my 2013 Escalade EXT being a crewcab will be less safe than my 2011 Yukon Denali ?

I just also seen the 2012 Suburban side crash test ( moving deformable barrier ) it's v scary the suburban rolled over from the impact! This is YouTube video link

 

[HotCarl]

So technically my 2013 Escalade EXT being a crewcab will be less safe than my 2011 Yukon Denali ?

I just also seen the 2012 Suburban side crash test ( moving deformable barrier ) it's v scary the suburban rolled over from the impact! This is YouTube video link

Not really the point I was making. As I couldn’t find an overlap crash for a Suburban I don’t know if it is safer than a crew cab truck of the same platform. They may be similar actually.

The point I was getting at is that in the overlap crash, extended cabs usually do better than crew cabs.

So perhaps the suburban/tahoe would perform similarly to their crew cab truck counterpart?

Watch this video, specifically the Silverado tests. Crew cab performs worse than the extended cab.

 

[Alan2017]

Thanks Carl for info that's v scary crash test on Silverado and Ram crewcab. So my 2013 Escalade EXT can be as bad as Silverado or Ram crewcab ?

 

[HotCarl]

Thanks Carl for info that's v scary crash test on Silverado and Ram crewcab. So my 2013 Escalade EXT can be as bad as Silverado or Ram crewcab ?

Don't know. I would suspect the Escalade EXT/Avalance to perform closer to the Suburban/Yukon than Silverado. No overlap test videos are out there on youtube for the burb/hoe/kon/Esky...

But I did find this, which is essentially your Esky EXT.

 

[Alan2017]

That's Not bad at all it looks passenger compartment stayed intact. If am Not mistaken they got 5 stars rating for frontal crash ?