If you’re in the market for a midsize, three-row SUV, the 2019 Mazda CX-9 offers a spacious, stylish, and refined option. But as well as looking at its practicality and versatility, you also want to know that your family is safe on the road.
The CX-9 was previously a Top Safety Pick, but the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has given it an improved safety rating of Top Safety Pick + making it one of the safest vehicles in its class. Here we take a look at the tests and the CX-9’s safety features.
IIHS Testing
The IIHS test assesses all areas of a vehicle’s safety and assigns ratings of good, acceptable, marginal, or poor or, for some tests, superior, advanced, or basic. All of the 2019 CX-9 models achieved the highest rating of “good” for all aspects of crash testing including side and roof strength and the dynamics of the seats and head restraints.
Improvements to the headlights earned a “good” rating for the Grand Touring and Signature trim levels which feature curve adaptive LED projector headlights with high beam assist. The available frontal collision prevention system also received the top rating of “superior.”
Passive Safety Features
For passenger safety, the CX-9 has driver and front passenger air bags, front side air bags, and side head curtain air bags. All seats have three-point seat belts with pre-tensioners and height adjustment. Front and rear crumple zones absorb the energy of an impact, while the door beams protect the cabin from a side impact.
Children are protected by the child safety locks which prevent the risk of your kids opening the doors accidentally and potentially falling out of the car. The lower anchors and tethers for children (LATCH) system enables the secure and safe installation of child seats.
Driver Assistance Features
For confident handling, the CX-9 has a vehicle stability control system and traction control, while hill launch assist prevents the car rolling backwards when pulling away on an incline. Assured stopping is aided by the four-wheel anti-lock braking system with front and rear disc brakes, electronic brake assistance, and smart city brake support.
Also standard are forward obstruction warning, a blind spot monitoring system, rear cross-traffic warning, a tire inflation monitor, and a rear-view camera. In the event of an accident, the infotainment system features E911 automatic emergency notification to ensure that help is on the way.
Touring trim adds automatic headlights with auto high beams, rain-sensing wipers, radar cruise control with stop and go, lane departure alert, lane keep assist, advanced automatic emergency brake support with pedestrian detection, and an automatic dimming rear-view mirror. Grand Touring models offer LED front fog lights, traffic sign recognition, a 360-degree surround view camera system, front and rear parking sensors, and a windshield wiper de-icer.
Buying a 2019 Mazda CX-9 will give you the confidence that you will be driving one of the safest SUVs on the road. It offers the features to prevent accidents but, if the worst happens, your family will have the best protection. Contact Bommarito Mazda West County to arrange a test drive today.
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