Regardless you are the new possessor of a Peugeot 309, have been lent one, or have rented one, you may not yet know all the main features of this car. This is specifically the subject of this content page, we will help you to conduct a basic but important procedure on 3-door cars in order to travel with more than 2 persons. That’s why we are going to teach you how to fold a front seat on a Peugeot 309, for that, first of all, we are going to talk about the different settings of the front seat of your car, and, in a second part, the different methods to fold the front seat of a Peugeot 309..
The different front seat configurations settings of an Peugeot 309
Firstly, we’ll start our content page by telling you the different adjustments available on the front seat of a Peugeot 309. In fact, even if you want to fold one of your front seats on your vehicle, you should know that according to the model of your car and its packages you will have access to different options, here are the vast majority of the settings you can have on your Peugeot 309:
- Basic and essential adjustment for driving without taking risks, this adjustment of the front seat of your Peugeot 309 enables you to modify the distance of the seat to the pedals in order to conform to the size of each person’s legs.
- This setting enables you to have a better vision of the road, for tiny persons we tend to elevate the seat and for tall persons to lower it.
- Finally, the last “classic” setting is the seat inclination, not to be confounded with the control to fold the seat of a Peugeot 309, this setting will allow you, dependent on the length of your arms, to have the best driving position without tiring to reach the controls
- The lumbar support: On some interior packages, you will in addition be able to modify the lumbar support provided 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 Peugeot 309?
After learning about all the seat configurations, we will in this part assist you to fold down the front seat of your Peugeot 309. Please be aware 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 transport a passenger on a 3-door Peugeot 309, or whether you want to fold it down to carry large objects on a 5-door Peugeot 309, it will not be the same approach, here are the different techniques to do it
Fold down the front seat of a 3-door Peugeot 309.
As we explained to you ahead of, whether it’s to get a person in the back seat, or to carry large items, knowing how to fold the front seat down from its Peugeot 309 is essential. This procedure is quite basic, and depending on the year of your Peugeot 309 the lever to fold down the front seat can be in different locations, 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 almost always in the middle of the backrest
- On the side of the seat in the middle of the seat
Pressing this lever will completely fold down the front seat back of your Peugeot 309 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 Peugeot 309
As for folding the front seat of a Peugeot 309 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 features we just talked about earlier on. Folding the front seat of a 5-door Peugeot 309 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 Peugeot 309, don’t hesitate to consult our content page dedicated to this procedure.
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