THE REAR SEAT WHICH PROVIDES ACCESS TO THE REAR MOST SEATING, FLIPS FORWARD AND SLIDES FORWARD, UPON RELEASE OF A LEVER. THIS COMPONENT FAILED DUE TO FAULTY DESIGN IN THE FIRST 10 MINUTES WE OWNED THE CAR. THE SEAT LATCH WOULD NOT RELEASE (THE METAL "L" SHAPED BAR - FELL OUT OF THE HOLE IN THE LEVER MECHANISM). DRIVING HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP, WE NEEDED TO BRAKE SUDDENLY AND THE SEAT LATCH GAVE WAY, THE SEAT FLEW FORWARD WITH OUR CHILD IN THE SEAT - THE SEATBELT RESTRAINED THE CHILD FROM MOVING FORWARD - BUT THE SEAT WAS FREE TO MOVE FORWARD - CRUSHING OUR CHILD BETWEEN THE SEAT AND THE SEATBELT. SHE SCREAMED IN PAIN AND WAS SCARED TO RIDE IN THIS SEAT. THE SEAT LATCH CAUGHT AGAIN AFTER BRAKING WHEN OUR SON IN THE SEAT BEHIND HER PULLED HER LOOSE SEAT BACK UNTIL IT LATCHED AGAIN. HOWEVER, WHEN WE PULLED OVER - THE LATCH FAILED TO ACTIVATE AND RELEASE THE SEAT TO LET EVERYONE OUT OF THE BACK SEAT. THIS IS A CLEAR MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT AS IT OCCURED COINCIDENTALLY IN ANOTHER SUBURBAN THAT WE WERE CONSIDERING BUYING THE DAY BEFORE. WE NEED THIS SEAT DUE TO OUR FAMILY SIZE. WE MUST REQUEST A RECALL AND REMEDY TO THIS DEFECTIVE LATCH SYSTEM DESIGN BEFORE A CHILD IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. *AK