Page 10 of Honda 07 Ridgeline by Honda Motors

The Ridgeline is a rolling showcase of Hondas Safety for Everyone initiative a powerful statement of how were dedicated to engineering advanced safety technology into all of our vehicles. Ridgeline has a reinforced, rigid unit body, innovative airbags, sophisticated stability systems and more. In fact, it was the first 4-door pickup truck ever to earn 5-star safety ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in both frontal- and side-impact tests.* INTEGRATED CLOSED-BOX FRAME Truck owners know that a true test of toughness is what you have under the sheet metal. So when we built the Ridgeline, we started with a burly backbone of a body that incorporates a closed-box frame with internal high-strength steel frame stiffeners. And both the frame rails and all seven crossmembers feature boxsection construction. The results speak for themselves: huge cargo and towing abilities, remarkably high torsional rigidity, 5-star crash-test ratings plus the lowest chance of rollover among all pickup trucks tested by the NHTSA. To rate 5-star safety, this is what it takes. BRAKE ASSIST AND EBD Brake Assist helps apply maximum braking in certain emer gency situations. And Electronic Brake Distribution (EBD) varies the braking force at each wheel to help balance dynamic loading. REINFORCED UNIT BODY The Ridgelines body structure is designed to be highly rigid for enhanced crash protection. It works with front and rear crumple zones that help absorb and dissipate crash energy. ANTI-LOCK BRAKING Ridgeline features excellent stopping power thanks to its beefy 4-wheel disc brakes, and a 4-channel anti-lock braking system helps maintain steering control during hard stops. VEHICLE STABILITY ASSIST Vehicle Stability Assist (VSAR) monitors traction and helps to correct oversteer or understeer. It can help keep you on your intended path, before you may even know theres a problem. TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING A standard Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) continually checks the pressure at each tire, and an in-dash display helps alert the driver when a particular tires pressure is low. AIRBAGS Front, front side, and side curtain airbags are all standard. And a rollover sensor can detect different rollover scenarios, and then deploy the side curtain airbags appropriately. Oversteer Understeer VSA *National Highway Traffic Safety Administration frontal- and side-impact crash tests. Model tested with standard side-impact airbags (SABs). Government star ratings are part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrations (NHTSA) New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), found at safercar.gov. Based upon percentage chance of rollover if involved in a single-vehicle crash, as calculated by NHTSA.

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