Where's my seat belt buckle?

Question

I'm driving a 2018 Hyundai I10. It's got three seats in the back, each with a seatbelt. But I can't find the middle seatbelt's buckle (not the tongue — I've found that — but the socket for it). Obviously I've looked between the seats and their backs, including lifting the middle seat forward, and in the hollow that holds the other seat's buckle, and have tried reaching into the seat backs. Does anyone know where it might be hiding?

Some pics (that link to larger versions):

bishop · Answer

From what I can tell in the owner's manual (on page 52 of 360), the rear seat's center position uses a lap belt from the right (when viewed head on) to the left. This places the missing latch immediately beside the left seat's latch:

Note carefully the caveat in that image, however: if equipped. You said you found the tongue, so you must have found that lap belt. Therefore, you'd expect to find its latch mate on the left side.

However, from the pictures in the OP, I'm not seeing the lap belt, so I'm dubious this i10 is equipped per the manual's caveat.

kokobill · Answer

Is it possible that your car came with only TWO rear passengers setup (and belts-buckles as well) as a cheaper version? Cars with 3 rear passengers seats often have a horizontal belt for the center passenger which i cannot see in your pictures, so it might be completely missing out the center passenger setup.

Answered by kokobill on April 16, 2021

Where's my seat belt buckle?

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