I am really sad to report, but I have had the same issue with the 60/40 seat in the rear of my 2013 Fusion Energy. But because I have 60K miles on the car, the dealer has informed me that the seatbelt is no longer covered. This issue is well reported around the internet as being a problem. Of course, I would not have thought to look BEFORE folding the seat down, since you would not expect this to be a problem. I was able to get the issue resolved buy moving the front seats out of the way, removing the bottom of the seat from the car, unbolting the lower seat belt mount and then return the seat back to the correct location. Then I was able to re-produce the issue of the belt going into autolock every time I lower the seatback. I am really sad that Ford, who has been using/making/buying seatbelts for a very long time, is not willing to replace this device as a safety issue. Being a father that takes my child, in her car seat, with me many places, if I had taken the car seat out, folded down the seatback and tried to return the back, it would not have, leaving me with no place to put the car seat and take my daughter home with me. She is too small to sit in the front seat, the 40% side of the back seat is too small to fit her car seat in... I would have been stuck. Waiting for my wife to show up. How is this OK with Ford? Something as simple and basic as a seatbelt. Anyhow, I was able to also confirm that if I buckle the center belt before I lower the back, when I go to lift the back, the belt stops the seat, but I can at least reach under and unbuckle the belt so I can return the seat upright and the autolock turns off.
