Regardless you are the new possessor of a Kia Niro, have been lent one, or have rented one, you may not yet know all the details of this car. This is precisely the subject of this short post, we will help you to conduct a basic but essential step on 3-door cars to be able to travel with more than 2 persons. That’s why we are going to tell you how to fold a front seat on a Kia Niro, for that, first of all, we are going to compare the different configuration settings of the front seat of your car, and, in a second step, the different techniques to fold the front seat of a Kia Niro..
The different front seat configurations settings of an Kia Niro
To begin, we’ll commence our short post by describing the different positioning existing on the front seat of a Kia Niro. In fact, even if you want to fold one of your front seats on your motor vehicle, you should know that according to the model of your car and its finish you will have access to different options, here are most of the settings you will find on your Kia Niro:
- Basic and essential adjustment for driving without taking risks, this configuration settings of the front seat of your Kia Niro enables you to change the proximity of the seat to the pedals to be able to fit the size of each person’s legs.
- This setting enables you to have a better vision of the road, for small people we tend to raise the seat and for big people 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 Kia Niro, this setting will allow you, depending on the length of your arms, to have a perfect driving position without tiring to reach the controls
- The lumbar support: On some series, 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.
.
How do you fold the front seat down from a Kia Niro?
After looking at all the seat configurations, we will in this part assist you to fold down the front seat of your Kia Niro. Please bear in mind that depending on 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 Kia Niro, or whether you want to fold it down to deliver bulky items on a 5-door Kia Niro, it will not be the same method, here are the different methods to do it
Fold down the front seat of a 3-door Kia Niro.
As we told you before, whether it’s to get a traveler in the back seat, or to carry bulky objects, knowing how to fold the front seat down from its Kia Niro is essential. This procedure is quite basic, and depending on the year of your Kia Niro 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 completely fold down the front seat back of your Kia Niro 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 Kia Niro
As for folding the front seat of a Kia Niro 5-door, the process 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 functionality we just talked about earlier on. Folding the front seat of a 5-door Kia Niro 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 space and want to fold the rear seat of your Kia Niro, don’t be reluctant to consult our short post dedicated to this manipulation.
If you need more guides on the Kia Niro, go to our Kia Niro category.
