The left and center rear passenger seat belts cross over when buckled. this makes it impossible to have a passenger with a center child seat (except a few unusual models) and difficult to belt in 3 passengers. it seems unsafe because of the extra load on the belts in a crash. i have contacted the dealer and the dealer contacted honda rep, i also complained to honda customer service. they respond the official honda national position is that the design is intentional to meet spacing requirements for outboard passenger, but no one including the engineer can verify that the design is safe in that it was crash tested this way. (the engineer states it is safe but does not know about crash testing). can nhsta verify that this car is crash tested this way and these seat belts will protect rears seat passengers? otherwise we must treat as a 4 passenger vehicle, while it is advertised and described in the manual as 5 passenger (false advertise?). we discovered the problem on 6/5/19 after purchase and meantime were working with dealer and honda to no avail.
My 2019 honda cr v ex l has a serious seat belt safety issue: there are three seat belt assemblies in the second row. in order to buckle the left rear seatbelt (behind the driver) the belt has to cross over the buckle for the center seat belt. this renders one of the 3 seat belts virtually useless. if they are engaged they are unsafe and they are very difficult to get them buckled. i got this vehicle because i thought it had a good safety record and i need to use it every day with my three little grandsons. i do not want to have one of them seated in the front passenger seat as honda says that would be unsafe for one of my 8 year old twin grandsons or my 9 year old grandson because of air bag issues in case of an accident. i have contacted the dealership and honda customer care with no results.. i was told that honda is aware of the safety problem but has no plans to correct it. there was a california class action lawsuit about this problem. i find it very disturbing that honda is ignoring this. this is my 7th new honda and my last.