Whether you are the new possessor of a Toyota 4Runner, 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 article, we will help you to accomplish a common but important task on 3-door cars in order to transport more than 2 passengers. That’s why we are going to tell you how to fold a front seat on a Toyota 4Runner, for that, first of all, we are going to take a look at the different configuration settings of the front seat of your car, and, in a second step, the different ways to fold the front seat of a Toyota 4Runner..
The different front seat adjustments of an Toyota 4Runner
To start, we’ll start our article by describing the different adjustments existing on the front seat of a Toyota 4Runner. In reality, even if you want to fold one of your front seats on your vehicle, you should know that depending on the model of your car and its packages you will have have the possibility of using different options, here are most of the settings you will find on your Toyota 4Runner:
- Standard and fundamental adjustment for driving without taking risks, this configuration settings of the front seat of your Toyota 4Runner allows you to adjust the distance of the seat to the pedals in order to adapt to the size of each person’s legs.
- This setting allows you to have a better perspective of the road, for small drivers we usually elevate the seat and for tall 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 Toyota 4Runner, this setting will enable you, according to the length of your arms, to have the ideal driving position without tiring to reach the controls
- The lumbar support: On some finish, you will even be able to adjust 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 Toyota 4Runner?
After looking at all the seat settings, we will now assist you to fold down the front seat of your Toyota 4Runner. Please be aware that depending on the number of doors on your car the method will not be the same. Whether you want to fold down a front seat to transport a passenger on a 3-door Toyota 4Runner, or whether you want to fold it down to deliver heavy things on a 5-door Toyota 4Runner, it will not be the same process, here are the different techniques to do it
Fold down the front seat of a 3-door Toyota 4Runner.
As we advised you before, whether it’s to get a passenger in the back seat, or to carry heavy stuff, understanding how to fold the front seat down from its Toyota 4Runner is essential. This technique is quite common, and depending on the year of your Toyota 4Runner the lever to fold down the front seat can be in different places, 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 in most cases in the middle of the backrest
- On the side of the seat in the middle of the seat
Pressing this lever will totally fold down the front seat back of your Toyota 4Runner 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 Toyota 4Runner
As for folding the front seat of a Toyota 4Runner 5-door, the method is not the same 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 Toyota 4Runner 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 Toyota 4Runner, don’t hesitate to consult our article dedicated to this procedure.
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