Why does my car only have two rear seatbelt buckles and not three?

AARONN

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2004 TOYOTA COROLLA
87,000 MILES

Today I just noticed that my car only has 2 rear seatbelt buckles (1 for the rear right side and 1 for the rear middle side). It should have 3 seatbelt buckles for the rear seats (it's missing the rear left side one). I thoroughly searched and I am certain the 3rd seatbelt buckle isn't there.

Friday, October 23rd, 2020 AT 5:39 PM

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KASEKENNY

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You are saying you have the actual buckle for the side and middle but not the buckle for the other side? The belts are there for all three but the buckle for that seat is missing? If that is the case then yes you should have 3. I show three on the attachment as well so someone must have removed it at some point.

Have you remove the rear seat cushion just to make sure it did not fall under the seat? Also, have you owned the vehicle since new or do you remember it being there?

Let us know this and we can go from there. Thanks

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Friday, October 23rd, 2020 AT 6:02 PM

AARONN

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Is it hard to remove the rear seat cushion and then reattach it?

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Friday, October 23rd, 2020 AT 6:11 PM

KASEKENNY

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Nope. Pretty easy. You should be able to just yank up on the front of the seat cushion and it will pop the two clips loose. Take a look at this attachment. May want to wear some gloves because if that has never been off, you will have 15 years of "stuff" under there.

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