NHTSA Complaint #10893696 — 2016 HONDA PILOT

MY FAMILY WAS IN OUR 2016 HONDA PILOT TOURING. WE STOPPED OUR VEHICLE AND STARTED TO GET OUT. MY ELEVEN YEAR OLD NIECE WAS SITTING IN THE MIDDLE SEAT OF THE SECOND ROW. SHE WAS IN BETWEEN MY TWO SONS, BOTH IN CARSEATS. WHEN SHE REMOVED HER SEATBELT THE BELT QUICKLY SNAPPED BACK AND THE BUCKLE HIT MY THREE YEAR OLD IN THE HEAD. HE WAS SITTING IN HIS FORWARD FACING CARSEAT THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR HIS AGE, HEIGHT, AND WEIGHT. HIS SEAT IS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE SECOND ROW. THE BUCKLE HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FOREHEAD RIGHT UNDER HIS HAIRLINE. TWO LARGE KNOTS, ONE FOR EACH SIDE OF BUCKLE, POPPED UP. ONE KNOT WAS LARGE ENOUGH THAT IT ACTUALLY SPLIT OPEN AND BLED. IT WAS INCREDIBLY PAINFUL AND TOOK ALMOST TWO WEEKS FOR BRUISING TO GO AWAY.