The Veracruz continues Hyundai’s tradition of keeping you safe with a host of highly innovative standard active and passive safety features, such as the front seat active head restraints for extra protection from whiplash that may occur in rear-end collisions. This isn’t just a premium crossover vehicle, it’s a safe haven.
The Veracruz unibody starts with thousands of precise welds. The more welds, the stiffer the frame. Combined with a wide track stance and advanced suspension, handling and stability are greatly enhanced. For straight protection, the high tensile steel unibody has also been carefully engineered with bodyside reinforcements, hood-buckling creases and crumple zones that shunt impact forces around the passenger cell.
The Veracruz comes standard with six airbags: advanced dual front and front side-impact airbags, as well as side-curtain airbags that extend to the third row. The front airbags adjust their deployment speed automatically based on impact speed and seat position. Additionally, there are LATCH child seat tether anchors, an energy-absorbing steering column, and a Tire Pressure Monitoring System that can help prevent dangerous underinflation.
The best safety features are the ones that help you avoid accidents in the first place. Like the standard ESC, Traction Control System, and ABS that work together to help deliver agility and control needed to maneuver away from potentially dangerous situations.
The Veracruz ABS is enhanced with Electronic Brake-force Distribution. Together, they seamlessly vary and adjust brake pressure to each wheel as necessary to provide maximum braking power during emergency maneuvers or under slippery road conditions. Brake Assist is another innovation that can sense a panic stop and automatically apply maximum braking power to shorten your stopping distance.
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) and Traction Control System (TCS) work in tandem to prevent skids and maintain traction, and to keep the vehicle under control even in difficult conditions.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration calls ESC the single most important safety advancement since the seatbelt. If widely deployed, it could save 10,000 lives a year. So significant, it will soon be the law that all carmakers make it a standard feature. Needless to say, it’s been standard on the Veracruz for years.