IIHS Gives E70 Poor rating for Head Restraint Safety

[pete6211]

http://www.iihs.org/news/2007/iihs_news_070307.pdf

[rufusdedog]

Not my comfort seats! I thought BMW was at the forefront of safety? What's the deal BMW?

[Dhalver Xeno]

Yeah, it's nice to know that the new X5 that you laid out a bunch of cash for ranks as poor ... along with the Dodge Nitro and Suzuki XL7 ... and that "BMW plans to redesign the seats in the X5 and X3 SUVs to earn better ratings for the 2008 model year."

Hmmm... I wonder if this is the real reason the comfort seats have disappeared.

[AzNMpower32]

If you'll read the thread in The Lounge, you have my opinion.

BMW has never made head restraints that scored "good" in the IIHS tests. Honestly I could care less. Volvo makes huge safe head restraints that get in your way and field of vision.

[LeMansX5]

Originally Posted by AzNMpower32

If you'll read the thread in The Lounge, you have my opinion.

BMW has never made head restraints that scored "good" in the IIHS tests. Honestly I could care less. Volvo makes huge safe head restraints that get in your way and field of vision.

I hear you. Acura MDX is the way to go.

[jamesboags]

I wonder if the sports or regular seats fare any better than the comforts ???

[AzNMpower32]

Originally Posted by jamesboags

I wonder if the sports or regular seats fare any better than the comforts ???

They never do. In fact if you look at BMW's head restraint history, the only Acceptable one was the comfort seats on the 5-series. Everything else is a string of Poors and Marginals.

[photomat]

A headrest airbag would solve the problem!