Perhaps you are the new possessor of a Opel Astra 5, 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 article, we will help you to conduct a simple but useful task on 3-door cars to be able to transport more than 2 people. That’s why we are going to tell you how to fold a front seat on a Opel Astra 5, for that, first of all, we are going to review the different configuration settings of the front seat of your car, and, in a second step, the different methods to fold the front seat of a Opel Astra 5..
The different front seat configurations settings of an Opel Astra 5
To begin, we’ll commence our article by describing the different positioning existing on the front seat of a Opel Astra 5. In fact, whether or not 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 settings, here are the vast majority of the settings you can have on your Opel Astra 5:
- Fundamental and crucial adjustment for driving without taking risks, this adjustment of the front seat of your Opel Astra 5 enables you to adapt the distance 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 drivers we usually elevate 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 Opel Astra 5, this setting will enable you, according to the length of your arms, to have the right driving position without tiring to reach the controls
- The lumbar support: On some interior packages, you will even be able to adjust 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 Opel Astra 5?
After identifying all the seat configurations, we will in this part assist you to fold down the front seat of your Opel Astra 5. Please take note that subject to the number of doors on your car the process will not be the same. Whether you want to fold down a front seat to drive a passenger on a 3-door Opel Astra 5, or whether you want to fold it down to carry heavy items on a 5-door Opel Astra 5, it will not be the same technique, here are the different methods to do it
Fold down the front seat of a 3-door Opel Astra 5.
As we explained to you just before, whether it’s to get a person in the back seat, or to carry heavy items, knowing how to fold the front seat down from its Opel Astra 5 is important. This procedure is quite simple, and according to the year of your Opel Astra 5 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 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 Opel Astra 5 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 Opel Astra 5
As for folding the front seat of a Opel Astra 5 5-door, the method 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 on. Folding the front seat of a 5-door Opel Astra 5 will generally only be useful if you want to carry bulky objects. 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 Opel Astra 5, don’t be reluctant to consult our article dedicated to this manipulation.
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