Perhaps you are the new possessor of a Scion tC, have been lent one, or have rented one, you may not yet know all the main features of this motor vehicle. This is exactly the subject of this article, we will help you to carry out a basic but essential task on 3-door cars to be able to travel with more than 2 persons. That’s why we are going to explain you how to fold a front seat on a Scion tC, for that, first of all, we are going to talk about the different settings of the front seat of your motor vehicle, and, in a second part, the different techniques to fold the front seat of a Scion tC..

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The different front seat adjustments of an Scion tC

To begin, we’ll commence our article by detailing the different configurations available on the front seat of a Scion tC. Indeed, regardless if you want to fold one of your front seats on your motor vehicle, you should know that depending on the model of your car and its packages you will have access to different configuration settings, here are the majority of the settings you can find on your Scion tC:

  • Basic and essential adjustment for driving without taking risks, this adjustment of the front seat of your Scion tC permits you to adapt the distance of the seat to the pedals to be able to conform to the size of each person’s legs.
  • This setting permits you to have a better ability to see of the road, for small people we typically bring up the seat and for tall people 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 Scion tC, this setting will enable you, depending on the length of your arms, to have an ideal driving posture without tiring to reach the controls
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  • The lumbar support: On some finish, you will in addition be able to adjust 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 Scion tC?

After finding out about all the seat adjustments, we will in this part help you to fold down the front seat of your Scion tC. Please be aware 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 Scion tC, or whether you want to fold it down to carry heavy items on a 5-door Scion tC, it will not be the same technique, here are the different methods to do it

Fold down the front seat of a 3-door Scion tC.

As we advised you earlier, whether it’s to get a passenger in the back seat, or to carry heavy products, knowing how to fold the front seat down from its Scion tC is essential. This procedure is quite basic, and according to the year of your Scion tC the lever to fold down the front seat can be in different spots, 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 in most cases in the middle of the backrest
  • On the side of the seat in the middle of the seat

Activating this lever will completely fold down the front seat back of your Scion tC 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 Scion tC

As for folding the front seat of a Scion tC 5-door, the technique is not similar 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. Folding the front seat of a 5-door Scion tC will generally only be useful if you want to carry bulky stuff. 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 Scion tC, don’t hesitate to read our article dedicated to this manipulation.

If perhaps you have any further questions about the Scion tC, do not hesitate to consult our Scion tC category.