{"id":1391,"date":"2010-12-17T17:55:41","date_gmt":"2010-12-17T17:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.njstateauto.com\/chevrolet\/civic-struggles-in-new-crash-test\/"},"modified":"2010-12-17T17:55:41","modified_gmt":"2010-12-17T17:55:41","slug":"civic-struggles-in-new-crash-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.njstateauto.com\/blog\/civic-struggles-in-new-crash-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Civic struggles in new crash test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After many vehicles posted consisted four- or five-star ratings under safety tests issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the agency revised its tests to become much more stringent, resulting in a drop-off for a number of popular vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>The group is slowly making their way through batches of vehicles, and the latest tests exposed the safety flaws in one top-selling model: the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.njstateauto.com\/preowned\/index.cfm?make=Honda\" class=\"dnautolink\">Honda<\/a> Civic. The Civic scored a two out of five in the side crash test and went home with an overall score of 3, a significant difference from the car&#039;s once 5-star reputation.<\/p>\n<p>Honda is no slouch when it comes to safety, as the company&#039;s Accord has been the only model thus far to crack the new tests, earning a five in the rollover, side crash and frontal crash tests for a perfect score. Most cars receive a three- or four-star overall rating.<\/p>\n<p>The other cars tested were the Nissan Sentra, Chevy Equinox and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.njstateauto.com\/preowned\/index.cfm?make=GMC\" class=\"dnautolink\">GMC<\/a> Terrain. The Terrain and Equinox received five stars in side crashes and fours in the other two categories. 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