Rear Seat Belt Problems of Kia Motor RIO

The rear seat belts have shreaded at the base of the seat belt. I had the belts replaced by an independent mechanic, I was advised that it wasnot a warranty item, and he determined that the belts will continue to shred due to a design flaw that has the retractor at an angle and the teeth of the retractor are catching the belt. The only way to know that the belt shreaded was to pull it out all of the way. We have a belt out of another kia Rio that has also started shredding. Kia advised that it was not a warranty issue and that at some point and time the owner must take care of items such as this. They felt that it was from usage. We have checked the drivers seat belt, and it showed no signs of shreading and it gotb more use than the back seat belts. Parents need to know to check these belts before they give away during an accident.

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The contact stated the rear seat belts no longer retracted. When she tried to use the seat belts they became stuck, and would not move nor retract enough to lock into the buckle. The dealer replaced the seat belt retractors. The seat belts were not covered under the warranty of the vehicle.

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Contact stated that both rear seat belts were not properly working. When the consumer tried to use the seat belts they will not extract enough to attach to the buckle. Consumer had an appointment with dealer on Tuesday to have the vehicle serviced. T consume never had to use the rear seat belts until recently. Therefore, she did not know if there were prior problems with the rear seat belts. Upon inspection underneath the seats there was no additional lap webbing connected to the seat belt.

The webbing on the passenger side seat belt frayed and the latch on the rear middle seat belt came off.

Consumer purchased a kia, Rio on 11-6-03, when attempting to install child's car seat discovered that automatic lock feature did not work. Consumer followed the owner's manual step by step, but it kept releasing the lock before completion. Consumer took vehicle back to the dealer, and was informed by one service person that they all were like that, and would lock in emergency mode. Consumer explained that it was not alright, and upon persistence, they were going to replace the seat belt mechanism.

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The child safety restraint seat belt system in the rear seats of our new kia Rio cinco does not work. The dealership was notified, new parts installed and the problem persisted. The kia representative has declared no problems are present. However, the seat belt will not lock down to install a child safety seat. The locking mechanism releases to early. The representative stated that the seatbelt should lock on impact. This is not safe for installation of a child seat.

My drivers rear seatbelt keeps coming apart have had it changed six times inside osf two years and am now fighting to get it warented as a saftey defect because I have now reached 60,000 miles. I want this to be investigated as I am aware of the fact there are several others with same issue. This car is not safe for children. Dealer says car seat but I swear to anyone there is no car seat on that side of car even if there was car seat belts are supposed to hold with out the webbing fraying.

The rear seat belts were installed backwards, and therefore they did not lock.

While driving airbag light illuminated. Took vehicle to dealer, who stated that air bags were inoperable, and would not deploy. Air bag module needed to be replaced. Also, rear seat belt on driver's side did not operate properly, half of the belt was torn .