Perhaps you are the new possessor of a Dodge Caliber, 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 accomplish a common but essential step on 3-door cars in order to travel with more than 2 passengers. That’s why we are going to show you how to fold a front seat on a Dodge Caliber, for that, first of all, we are going to talk about 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 Dodge Caliber..
The different front seat configurations settings of an Dodge Caliber
To start, we’ll commence our short post by detailing the different positioning existing on the front seat of a Dodge Caliber. In reality, regardless 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 have the possibility of using different configuration settings, here are most of the settings you can have on your Dodge Caliber:
- Standard and fundamental adjustment for driving without taking risks, this configuration settings of the front seat of your Dodge Caliber enables you to adjust the distance of the seat to the pedals in order to adapt to the size of each person’s legs.
- This setting enables you to have a better perspective of the road, for tiny drivers we usually 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 Dodge Caliber, this setting will enable you, based upon the length of your arms, to have an ideal driving posture without tiring to reach the controls
- 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.
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How do you fold the front seat down from a Dodge Caliber?
After looking at all the seat settings, we will in this part help you to fold down the front seat of your Dodge Caliber. Please take note that subject to the number of doors on your car the method will not be the same. Whether you want to fold down a front seat to drive a passenger on a 3-door Dodge Caliber, or whether you want to fold it down to transport large items on a 5-door Dodge Caliber, it will not be the same approach, here are the different procedures to do it
Fold down the front seat of a 3-door Dodge Caliber.
As we explained to you just before, whether it’s to get a passenger in the back seat, or to carry large items, knowing how to fold the front seat down from its Dodge Caliber is essential. This technique is quite common, and depending on the year of your Dodge Caliber the lever to fold down the front seat can be in different locations, here are the 3 possible locations 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 totally fold down the front seat back of your Dodge Caliber 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 Dodge Caliber
As for folding the front seat of a Dodge Caliber 5-door, the process 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 functionality we just talked about earlier on. Folding the front seat of a 5-door Dodge Caliber 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 volume and want to fold the rear seat of your Dodge Caliber, don’t hesitate to read our short post dedicated to this procedure.
If perhaps you have any further questions about the Dodge Caliber, do not hesitate to consult our Dodge Caliber category.
