The 2023 Kia Telluride Has a Smart Solution for a Dumb Seat Belt Problem

Do you, like me, find it annoying when an empty vehicle is filled with the clacking of seat belts? The Kia Telluride provides an answer to our problem.

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The 2023 Kia Telluride has a lot going for it. It's attractive and fun to drive,

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but there's something more I saw over the course of the weekend I spent with it that needs recognition.

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Seat belts in the second and third rows are organized in a way that is both convenient and uncommon in other vehicles. Well done, Kia.

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One of my small driving annoyances is the noise made by the seat belts when the vehicle is empty.

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I can't stand it when anything I can't unbuckle, like a seat belt, causes annoying clacking or rattling within the vehicle.

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