Sometimes it becomes so difficult or time consuming we have to move that person to the 3rd row seating in the far back.
The problem occurs when someone goes to buckle their belt in this seat - it will not disengage and we have to manipulate the seat or the area around the where the seat belt retracts into the seat to get it to disengage. In our 8 passenger Traverse we have frequent trouble with the middle row, middle seat belt locking up when it is not used. This should not happen with a car that is less than 3 years old. This could effect the integrity of the seat belt system if the belt gets snagged by the plastic groove which has appeared.
We were told that this was not related to the earlier seat belt recall which had been serviced.
2011 CHEVY TRAVERSE SERVICE AIRBAG RESET DRIVER
We also have noticed that the driver side seat belt has cut a groove into the plastic seatbelt cover near the shoulder harness. We intend to fight this since it appears it may be linked to the steering recall. We were informed that this was covered by GM but we also had a leak in our rack and pinion and it would cost $1200 to repair. Today we took the vehicle to the dealership for the third recall this being the power steering pump. At first it happened intermittently but eventually it became noticeable at low rates of speed (5 - 10 mph).
Shortly there after we noticed a grinding noise when we made a right hand turn. On Augwe had our vehicle serviced by the dealer due to an airbag recall and at the time the vehicle had 38,000 miles.