Whether you are the new owner of a Audi A3, have been lent one, or have leased one, you may not yet know all the particulars of this car. This is exactly the subject of this short post, we will help you to conduct a simple but essential step on 3-door cars to be able to travel with more than 2 persons. That’s why we are going to tell you how to fold a front seat on a Audi A3, for that, first of all, we are going to compare the different settings of the front seat of your car, and, in a second part, the different techniques to fold the front seat of a Audi A3..
The different front seat configurations settings of an Audi A3
To start, we’ll start our short post by explaining the different adjustments available on the front seat of a Audi A3. In reality, regardless if you want to fold one of your front seats on your vehicle, you should know that depending on the model of your car and its finish you will have access to different settings, here are most of the settings you will find on your Audi A3:
- Fundamental and crucial adjustment for driving without taking risks, this configuration settings of the front seat of your Audi A3 enables you to adjust the proximity of the seat to the pedals to be able to conform to the size of each person’s legs.
- This setting enables you to have a better perspective of the road, for tiny people we typically elevate the seat and for big people to lower it.
- Finally, the last “classic” setting is the seat inclination, not to be confounded with the control to fold the seat of a Audi A3, this setting will enable you, according to the length of your arms, to have a good driving posture without tiring to reach the controls
- The lumbar support: On some finish, you will also be able to adjust the lumbar support provided by your seat by pressing down on the backrest, a very pleasant adjustment for long trips.
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How do you fold the front seat down from a Audi A3?
After identifying all the seat adjustments, we will in this part help you to fold down the front seat of your Audi A3. Please take note that depending on the number of doors on your car the procedure will not be the same. Whether you want to fold down a front seat to drive a passenger on a 3-door Audi A3, or whether you want to fold it down to transport bulky objects on a 5-door Audi A3, it will not be the same method, here are the different ways to do it
Fold down the front seat of a 3-door Audi A3.
As we informed you before, whether it’s to get a traveler in the back seat, or to carry bulky stuff, understanding how to fold the front seat down from its Audi A3 is important. This procedure is quite simple, and according to the year of your Audi A3 the lever to fold down the front seat can be in different places, here are the 3 possible spots for this command:
- At the top of the seat back near the headrest
- On the side of the seat in most cases in the middle of the backrest
- On the side of the seat in the middle of the seat
Pushing this lever will completely fold down the front seat back of your Audi A3 and free the seat from its location on the rail that allows you to move the seat forward or backward, this will allow you to save even more space for an easy passenger in the rear.
Folding down the front seat of a 5-door Audi A3
As for folding the front seat of a Audi A3 5-door, the approach is not the same because since it is not designed to receive rear passengers through the front doors, your seats don’t have the same features we just talked about above. Folding the front seat of a 5-door Audi A3 will generally only be useful if you want to carry bulky items. To do this, you’ll need to use the recline control to fold your seats. Depending on the year of your car, it can be in the form of a knob to turn, or a lever to operate to choose the inclination of your car. If you don’t have enough space and want to fold the rear seat of your Audi A3, don’t hesitate to consult our short post dedicated to this manipulation.
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