Whether you are the new owner of a Audi A8, have been lent one, or have leased one, you may not yet know all the specifics of this motor vehicle. This is specifically the subject of this article, we will help you to conduct a simple but important step on 3-door cars to be able to transport more than 2 passengers. That’s why we are going to explain you how to fold a front seat on a Audi A8, for that, first of all, we are going to talk about the different configuration settings of the front seat of your motor vehicle, and, in a second part, the different techniques to fold the front seat of a Audi A8..
The different front seat configurations settings of an Audi A8
To start, we’ll start our article by detailing the different positioning available on the front seat of a Audi A8. Indeed, even if you want to fold one of your front seats on your vehicle, you should know that based on the model of your car and its packages you will have access to different adjustments, here are the vast majority of the settings you will find on your Audi A8:
- Basic and essential adjustment for driving without taking risks, this adjustment of the front seat of your Audi A8 permits you to adjust the proximity of the seat to the pedals to be able to fit the size of each person’s legs.
- This setting permits you to have a better perspective of the road, for small persons we usually elevate the seat and for tall persons to lower it.
- Finally, the last “classic” setting is the seat inclination, not to be confused with the control to fold the seat of a Audi A8, this setting will allow you, determined by the length of your arms, to have a good driving posture without tiring to reach the controls
- The lumbar support: On some interior packages, you will even be able to modify 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 A8?
After looking at all the seat configurations, we will in this part help you to fold down the front seat of your Audi A8. Please remember that subject to the number of doors on your car the process will not be the same. Whether you want to fold down a front seat to drive a passenger on a 3-door Audi A8, or whether you want to fold it down to carry large objects on a 5-door Audi A8, it will not be the same procedure, here are the different ways to do it
Fold down the front seat of a 3-door Audi A8.
As we advised you before, whether it’s to get a passenger in the back seat, or to carry large items, understanding how to fold the front seat down from its Audi A8 is important. This step is quite simple, and according to the year of your Audi A8 the lever to fold down the front seat can be in different locations, here are the 3 possible places 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
Pressing this lever will completely fold down the front seat back of your Audi A8 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 A8
As for folding the front seat of a Audi A8 5-door, the method is not similar because since it is not intended to receive rear passengers through the front doors, your seats don’t have the same functionality we just talked about earlier. Folding the front seat of a 5-door Audi A8 will generally only be useful if you want to carry bulky goods. 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 volume and want to fold the rear seat of your Audi A8, don’t hesitate to read our article dedicated to this procedure.
To find more tips on the Audi A8, take a look at the Audi A8 category.
