Regardless you are the new owner of a Citroen Xantia, have been lent one, or have rented one, you may not yet know all the specifics of this car. This is precisely the subject of this article, we will help you to conduct a basic but useful procedure on 3-door cars to be able to transport more than 2 people. That’s why we are going to teach you how to fold a front seat on a Citroen Xantia, for that, first of all, we are going to compare the different settings of the front seat of your car, and, in a second step, the different ways to fold the front seat of a Citroen Xantia..
The different front seat configurations settings of an Citroen Xantia
Firstly, we’ll commence our article by telling you the different settings available on the front seat of a Citroen Xantia. In fact, whether or not you want to fold one of your front seats on your car, you should know that according to the model of your car and its finish you will have have the possibility of using different configuration settings, here are most of the settings you can find on your Citroen Xantia:
- Fundamental and essential adjustment for driving without taking risks, this adjustment of the front seat of your Citroen Xantia allows you to modify the proximity of the seat to the pedals to be able to fit the size of each person’s legs.
- This setting allows you to have a better ability to see of the road, for tiny drivers we often bring up the seat and for big drivers to lower it.
- Finally, the last “classic” configuration is the seat inclination, not to be confused with the control to fold the seat of a Citroen Xantia, this setting will enable you, determined by the length of your arms, to have the ideal driving position without tiring to reach the controls
- The lumbar support: On some interior packages, you will also be able to modify the lumbar support offered 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 Citroen Xantia?
After learning about all the seat settings, we will now help you to fold down the front seat of your Citroen Xantia. Please take note that according to 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 Citroen Xantia, or whether you want to fold it down to carry large stuff on a 5-door Citroen Xantia, it will not be the same approach, here are the different ways to do it
Fold down the front seat of a 3-door Citroen Xantia.
As we explained to you just before, whether it’s to get a person in the back seat, or to carry large things, understanding how to fold the front seat down from its Citroen Xantia is important. This procedure is quite basic, and depending on the year of your Citroen Xantia the lever to fold down the front seat can be in different places, 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 generally in the middle of the backrest
- On the side of the seat in the middle of the seat
Pushing this lever will totally fold down the front seat back of your Citroen Xantia 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 Xantia
As for folding the front seat of a Citroen Xantia 5-door, the technique is not the same because since it is not made 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 Citroen Xantia will generally only be useful if you want to carry bulky things. 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 Citroen Xantia, don’t be reluctant to read our article dedicated to this procedure.
If you have any further questions about the Citroen Xantia, do not hesitate to consult our Citroen Xantia category.
