Whether you are the new possessor of a Subaru Crosstrek, have been lent one, or have leased one, you may not yet know all the particulars of this motor vehicle. This is exactly the subject of this content page, we will help you to perform a simple but important procedure on 3-door cars to be able to transport more than 2 persons. That’s why we are going to tell you how to fold a front seat on a Subaru Crosstrek, for that, first of all, we are going to compare the different configuration settings of the front seat of your motor vehicle, and, in a second step, the different techniques to fold the front seat of a Subaru Crosstrek..

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The different front seat adjustments of an Subaru Crosstrek

To start, we’ll start our content page by detailing the different configurations existing on the front seat of a Subaru Crosstrek. Indeed, even if you want to fold one of your front seats on your car, you should know that depending on the model of your car and its packages you will have have the possibility of using different configuration settings, here are most of the settings you will find on your Subaru Crosstrek:

  • Basic and crucial adjustment for driving without taking risks, this adjustment of the front seat of your Subaru Crosstrek permits 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 permits you to have a better vision of the road, for tiny persons we usually elevate the seat and for tall persons 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 Subaru Crosstrek, this setting will allow you, depending on the length of your arms, to have a perfect driving posture without tiring to reach the controls
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  • The lumbar support: On some interior packages, you will even be able to change the lumbar support given 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 Subaru Crosstrek?

After discovering all the seat configurations, we will now help you to fold down the front seat of your Subaru Crosstrek. Please bear in mind that according to the number of doors on your car the operation will not be the same. Whether you want to fold down a front seat to drive a passenger on a 3-door Subaru Crosstrek, or whether you want to fold it down to transport heavy objects on a 5-door Subaru Crosstrek, it will not be the same procedure, here are the different procedures to do it

Fold down the front seat of a 3-door Subaru Crosstrek.

As we told you just before, whether it’s to get a traveler in the back seat, or to carry heavy products, understanding how to fold the front seat down from its Subaru Crosstrek is essential. This procedure is quite simple, and depending on the year of your Subaru Crosstrek the lever to fold down the front seat can be in different spots, here are the 3 possible locations for this command:

  • At the top of the seat back near the headrest
  • On the side of the seat in general 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 Subaru Crosstrek 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 Subaru Crosstrek

As for folding the front seat of a Subaru Crosstrek 5-door, the process is not similar 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 above. Folding the front seat of a 5-door Subaru Crosstrek 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 Subaru Crosstrek, don’t be reluctant to read our content page dedicated to this action.

Whenever you have any further questions about the Subaru Crosstrek, do not hesitate to consult our Subaru Crosstrek category.