If you are the new possessor of a Citroen C5, have been lent one, or have rented one, you may not yet know all the particulars of this motor vehicle. This is precisely the subject of this short post, we will help you to carry out a basic but key task on 3-door cars in order to transport more than 2 passengers. That’s why we are going to show you how to fold a front seat on a Citroen C5, for that, first of all, we are going to take a look at 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 Citroen C5..

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The different front seat adjustments of an Citroen C5

First of all, we’ll commence our short post by explaining the different adjustments available on the front seat of a Citroen C5. In fact, whether or not you want to fold one of your front seats on your vehicle, you should know that according to the model of your car and its packages you will have have the possibility of using different configuration settings, here are the vast majority of the settings you can find on your Citroen C5:

  • Standard and crucial adjustment for driving without taking risks, this adjustment of the front seat of your Citroen C5 permits you to adapt the proximity of the seat to the pedals in order to fit the size of each person’s legs.
  • This setting permits you to have a better vision of the road, for tiny persons we typically bring up the seat and for tall persons 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 Citroen C5, this setting will enable you, determined by 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 interior packages, you will in addition be able to modify the lumbar support provided 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 Citroen C5?

After identifying all the seat configurations, we will now help you to fold down the front seat of your Citroen C5. Please be aware 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 Citroen C5, or whether you want to fold it down to carry bulky items on a 5-door Citroen C5, it will not be the same technique, here are the different ways to do it

Fold down the front seat of a 3-door Citroen C5.

As we told you before, whether it’s to get a person in the back seat, or to carry bulky things, knowing how to fold the front seat down from its Citroen C5 is essential. This step is quite basic, and according to the year of your Citroen C5 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 general 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 Citroen C5 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 Citroen C5

As for folding the front seat of a Citroen C5 5-door, the technique is not the same because since it is not intended 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 Citroen C5 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 Citroen C5, don’t hesitate to consult our short post dedicated to this action.

If you need more guides on the Citroen C5, go to our Citroen C5 category.