Regardless you are the new possessor of a Ford Flex, have been lent one, or have leased one, you may not yet know all the particulars of this motor vehicle. This is specifically the subject of this content page, we will help you to execute a basic but important step on 3-door cars in order to transport more than 2 persons. That’s why we are going to show you how to fold a front seat on a Ford Flex, for that, first of all, we are going to take a look at the different adjustments of the front seat of your motor vehicle, and, in a second step, the different techniques to fold the front seat of a Ford Flex..
The different front seat configurations settings of an Ford Flex
First of all, we’ll commence our content page by presenting the different settings existing on the front seat of a Ford Flex. Indeed, 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 access to different configuration settings, here are most of the settings you can have on your Ford Flex:
- Standard and fundamental adjustment for driving without taking risks, this adjustment of the front seat of your Ford Flex permits you to adapt the proximity of the seat to the pedals in order to adapt to the size of each person’s legs.
- This setting permits you to have a better perspective of the road, for tiny persons we tend to elevate the seat and for big persons 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 Ford Flex, this setting will enable you, depending on the length of your arms, to have the best driving posture without tiring to reach the controls
- The lumbar support: On some interior packages, you will also be able to change 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 Ford Flex?
After looking at all the seat adjustments, we will in this part help you to fold down the front seat of your Ford Flex. Please bear in mind 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 Ford Flex, or whether you want to fold it down to transport large stuff on a 5-door Ford Flex, it will not be the same procedure, here are the different procedures to do it
Fold down the front seat of a 3-door Ford Flex.
As we told you before, whether it’s to get a person in the back seat, or to carry large objects, knowing how to fold the front seat down from its Ford Flex is important. This technique is quite basic, and according to the year of your Ford Flex 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 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 Ford Flex 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 Ford Flex
As for folding the front seat of a Ford Flex 5-door, the technique 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 on. Folding the front seat of a 5-door Ford Flex 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 Ford Flex, don’t hesitate to read our content page dedicated to this procedure.
If you want more tutorials on the Ford Flex, go to our Ford Flex category.
