Perhaps you are the new owner of a Cadillac ATS, have been lent one, or have rented one, you may not yet know all the specs of this car. This is exactly the subject of this short post, we will help you to execute a simple but essential 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 Cadillac ATS, for that, first of all, we are going to review the different configuration settings of the front seat of your car, and, in a second part, the different techniques to fold the front seat of a Cadillac ATS..

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The different front seat adjustments of an Cadillac ATS

To begin, we’ll start our short post by describing the different adjustments available on the front seat of a Cadillac ATS. Indeed, even if you want to fold one of your front seats on your car, you should know that depending on the model of your car and its finish you will have have the possibility of using different configuration settings, here are the majority of the settings you will find on your Cadillac ATS:

  • Standard and fundamental adjustment for driving without taking risks, this adjustment of the front seat of your Cadillac ATS permits you to change the distance 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 ability to see of the road, for small drivers we typically bring up the seat and for tall drivers 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 Cadillac ATS, this setting will enable you, based upon the length of your arms, to have the best driving position without tiring to reach the controls
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  • The lumbar support: On some finish, you will even be able to modify the lumbar support offered by your seat by pressing down on the backrest, a very pleasant adjustment for long trips.

How do you fold the front seat down from a Cadillac ATS?

After looking at all the seat settings, we will now assist you to fold down the front seat of your Cadillac ATS. Please remember that depending on the number of doors on your car the operation will not be the same. Whether you want to fold down a front seat to carry a passenger on a 3-door Cadillac ATS, or whether you want to fold it down to transport large items on a 5-door Cadillac ATS, it will not be the same procedure, here are the different techniques to do it

Fold down the front seat of a 3-door Cadillac ATS.

As we told you earlier, whether it’s to get a passenger in the back seat, or to carry large products, knowing how to fold the front seat down from its Cadillac ATS is essential. This technique is quite simple, and according to the year of your Cadillac ATS the lever to fold down the front seat can be in different spots, 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 commonly 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 Cadillac ATS 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 Cadillac ATS

As for folding the front seat of a Cadillac ATS 5-door, the procedure is not the same because since it is not built to receive rear passengers through the front doors, your seats don’t have the same features we just talked about earlier. Folding the front seat of a 5-door Cadillac ATS 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 space and want to fold the rear seat of your Cadillac ATS, don’t hesitate to read our short post dedicated to this procedure.

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