Data changelog
A published number that changes without explanation is worse than one that was never published. Every third-row safety value that has moved on this site is below, with what it was, what it became, and the manufacturer document that moved it.
This page is generated from the same record the build enforces: no value can be overwritten unless the exact change is declared first, with its evidence. So the list cannot claim a change that did not happen, and it cannot quietly leave one out. How verification works.
2026-08-25
Mercedes-Benz GLS — Row 3 top tether positions: not published → 2
2026 GLS operator's manual (X167, F167 0162 13) 'Key points in brief' prints a third-row plan-view diagram — second-row captain's chairs with TWO seats behind them, each carrying ISOFIX and Top Tether callouts; p.166 confirms the third-row anchorage exists without counting it. Count is figure-derived, so status stays partial
Land Rover Range Rover — Curtain airbags cover row 3: not published → yes
Land Rover AIR BAG LOCATIONS (3K/2026/1805495, proc G2749571, figure E271525) numbers item 4 'Curtain air bag' and draws it running the roofline past the rearmost seating; prose stays non-row-enumerated, so status remains partial
2026-08-24
Audi Q7 — Curtain airbags cover row 3: not published → yes
OWNER DECISION 2026-08-24 — Audi's own 'Airbag overview image (deployment area/deployed airbags)' in the 2027 Q7 manual, read at full size: two seat shapes sit aft of the rearmost side-airbag callout on each side (the third row carries no side airbags), and the curtain band continues past them to the rear of the cabin. FIGURE-DERIVED — Audi's prose still enumerates no rows, and that contrary evidence plus the residual doubt are preserved in configNotes. Supersedes the audit's true->null correction, whose 'two-row five-seat cabin' reading was made from a small crop and is withdrawn
Audi Q7 — Row 3 seatbelt reminder: not published → yes
2027 Q7 owner's manual, 'Safety belt status display' figure RAZ-1739 — seat status display drawn with 2+3+2 positions; the two third-row seats carry belt-status symbols (grey = belt unfastened or seat unoccupied, per the module legend)
2026-08-23
Genesis GV80 — Curtain airbags cover row 3: not published → yes
OWNER DECISION 2026-08-23 — recorded on Genesis's own illustrations (manual airbag cutaway + the top-down diagram in the 2021 GV80 press release), read as showing the curtain extending over the third row. Genesis's TEXT never states third-row coverage ('above the front and rear doors'; 'Front + Rear Passengers') and the cutaway is disclaimed; that contrary evidence is recorded in configNotes so the value is checkable rather than taken on trust
2026-08-22
Lincoln Aviator — Row 3 seatbelt reminder: not published → yes
2026 Aviator owner's manual — rear-buckle warning; cluster graphic shows both third-row positions with belt status
Lincoln Aviator — Record status: partial → verified
all four fields from the 2026 owner’s manual
Cadillac Escalade — Row 3 seatbelt reminder: not published → yes
2026 Escalade owner's manual p.117, heading 'Second and Third Row Passenger Seat Belt Reminder Light'
Cadillac Escalade — Record status: partial → verified
all four fields from the 2026 owner’s manual
Mercedes-Benz GLS — Row 3 lower anchors (LATCH): 0 → 2
2026 GLS Operator's Manual p.152 row-enumerates 'THIRD SEAT ROW - PREFERRED FASTENING SYSTEM: ISOFIX/LATCH child seat anchor'; p.165 figure shows four anchor bars (one dashed/occluded) paired across the two-seat bench. The published 0 was wrong
Mercedes-Benz GLS — Row 3 seatbelt reminder: not published → yes
2026 GLS manual p.133 — rear seat belt status display 'informs you for at least 60 seconds which rear seat belt is not fastened', plus warning tone
Genesis GV80 — Row 3 seatbelt reminder: not published → yes
2026 GV80 owner's manual printed 3-34, 7-seater section — '2nd row outboard seat and 3rd row seat seat belt' warning light plus chime
Acura MDX — Row 3 seatbelt reminder: not published → yes
2026 MDX owner's manual p.44 — reminder blinks and beeper sounds for rear belts; driver-display map shows both third-row positions
Acura MDX — Record status: partial → verified
all four fields from the 2026 owner’s manual
Infiniti QX80 — Row 3 seatbelt reminder: not published → yes
2026 QX80 owner's manual p.131 — 'Rear seat belt warning… for rear seating positions only', light plus chime
Infiniti QX80 — Record status: partial → verified
all four fields from the 2026 owner’s manual
Rivian R1S — Row 3 seatbelt reminder: no → yes
R1S Owner's Guide MY2025-26 v2026.23 p.73/p.214 — driver-display graphic shows belt status for all seats; indicator names 'at least one rear seat belt'
Rivian R1S — Record status: partial → verified
all four fields from the current MY2025-26 Owner’s Guide
Land Rover Range Rover — Row 3 seatbelt reminder: not published → yes
2026 Range Rover iGuide SEAT BELT REMINDER — 'A rear seat belt is unfastened'; monitor graphic covers all rear seating positions
Lexus TX — Row 3 seatbelt reminder: not published → yes
2026 TX owner's manual OM0E272U p.486 — 'Warns the second and/or third seat passengers to fasten their seat belts'
Lexus TX — Record status: partial → verified
all four fields from the 2026 owner’s manual
BMW X7 — Row 3 lower anchors (LATCH): 2 → not published
Withdrawn: BMW's US manual is VIN-gated and no citable BMW US document publishes third-row restraint detail. The value rested on a 2020 third-party car-seat article
BMW X7 — Row 3 seatbelt reminder: not published → yes
BMW X7 Owner's Manual p.113 — reminder icon covers 'the passenger seat or another seat in the vehicle', inclusive of every seating position
BMW X7 — Row 3 top tether positions: 2 → not published
Withdrawn with the anchor count — same third-party basis, no obtainable BMW US source
BMW X7 — Record status: todo_verify → partial
official BMW X7 Owner's Manual (part no. 01405B838D9, edition X/25) now backs the record; the reminder is documented, the other three are recorded as not published by BMW
Volvo XC90 — Row 3 top tether positions: 0 → 1
Volvo top-tether article — 'any of the second-row seats or rightmost third-row seat'; corroborated by the third-row child-restraint article
Corrections are recorded as net transitions from the stored value, so a field that moved twice shows the change from what was published to what is published now rather than every intermediate step. Where a value round-tripped — withdrawn as unsourced, then restored on the manufacturer's own document — the note says so, because the provenance changed even where the number did not. The full working is in the audit documents under docs/research/.