Toyota Rush - Safety explained

There’s a belief that bigger cars are safer cars. While it might be true to some extent, however, in today’s day and age, things have changed. Even hatchbacks are now equipped with basic as well as some high-end, advanced safety features to keep people safe. Take Toyota Yaris for example, it comes with 7 airbags as standard across all its variants. That alone enhances the car’s overall safety rating.

Talking about Toyota and safety, well, they kind of go hand-in-hand. The Japanese like to make sure its cars are equipped with as many safety features as possible. Toyota Rush is one of the popular and affordable 7-seaters available in the market right now. It’s big but is it safe? Let’s find out.

Here are the Toyota Rush dimensions in case you’re wondering how big a car it is-

Length	4435 mm
Width	1695 mm
Height	1705 mm
Wheelbase	2685 mm
Ground clearance	220 mm
Fuel tank capacity	45 litres
Gross vehicle weight	1870 kg

 

Toyota Rush specs sheet comes with a safety package that the company likes to call as SAFE-T PLUS. All the safety features that the car have, falls under this package. It has a bunch of advanced safety features that are only available in the higher-end 1.5S variant. They are mentioned below.

• Pre-collision Warning
• Pre-collision Braking
• Front Departure Alert
• Pedal Missoperation Control

The Pre-collision Warning and Braking System automatically alerts you with a buzzer and applies the brakes if there is an increased risk of a frontal collision. When there is a stationary vehicle in front of you, the Front Departure Alert notifies you if the vehicle at the front moves ahead.

Pedal Misoperation Control suppresses engine output if you accidentally step on the accelerator pedal, reducing collision damage from obstacles ahead due to sudden acceleration.

Apart from these ‘Intelligent Prevention’ safety features, Toyota Rush specs have a handful of basic safety features, too, that are just as important as the high-end safety features.

Basic safety features-

• 6 SRS airbags
• Anti-lock Braking System (ABS)
• Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD)
• Brake Assist (BA)
• Emergency Stop Signal (ESS)
• Parking Sensors (Front and rear) with reverse panoramic view monitor

• Auto Door Lock
• Seatbelts (Front) - 3-point ELR x2, with Pretensioner & Force Limiter
• Seatbelts (2nd Row) - 3-point ELR x3
• Seatbelts (3rd Row) - 3-point ELR x2
• ISOFIX

These basic safety features are available in both the Toyota Rush variants. Apart from them, there are a few features that sit a notch above the basic features. They also come as standard with the Rush. These features are-

Blind Spot Monitor (BSM) and Rear Cross-Traffic Alert (RCTA) - they are like an extra precaution. An indicator appears on the side-view mirror when there is an object in your blind spot, while the Rear Cross-Traffic Alert notifies you of people or vehicles passing behind you.

Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) - The VSC prevents the vehicle from spinning and provides optimal stability in varying road and weather conditions by applying brakes to the wheels individually to prevent oversteer or understeer.

Traction Control (TRC) - TRC provides more traction when accelerating on slippery surfaces by applying brakes individually to each wheel and reducing engine power to reduce wheel spin for more traction.

Hill-start Assist Control (HAC) - It keeps your vehicle from rolling back on a steep slope. When you lift your foot off the brake pedal, the pressure is maintained just before the accelerator is pressed.

Digital Video Recorder - Stay alert even when you're away from your car with the front-view DVR that records footage in case of emergencies. It’s like a dashcam.

So there you have it guys. These were all the safety features that come with the Toyota Rush and they are the reason why the Rush was awarded a 5-star ASEAN NCAP rating in both Adult and Child Occupant categories in 2018.

Toyota Rush price starts at RM 93,000. It is available in only two variants - 1.5G and 1.5S (RM 97,000) - both of them come in 5 different colours - White, Blue, Titanium Silver, Dark Grey and Metallic Green. The Rush specs sheet tells it is powered by a 1.5-litre engine that churns out 105 PS of power and 136 Nm of torque and is mated to a 4-speed AT.

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