Whether you are the new owner of a Toyota Sequoia, have been lent one, or have leased one, you may not yet know all the particulars of this car. This is specifically the subject of this short post, we will help you to execute a simple but useful procedure on 3-door cars to be able to transport more than 2 passengers. That’s why we are going to explain you how to fold a front seat on a Toyota Sequoia, for that, first of all, we are going to talk about the different adjustments of the front seat of your car, and, in a second part, the different ways to fold the front seat of a Toyota Sequoia..

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The different front seat adjustments of an Toyota Sequoia

Firstly, we’ll commence our short post by telling you the different settings existing on the front seat of a Toyota Sequoia. Indeed, whether or not you want to fold one of your front seats on your car, you should know that based on the model of your car and its finish you will have access to different options, here are most of the settings you can have on your Toyota Sequoia:

  • Fundamental and essential adjustment for driving without taking risks, this adjustment of the front seat of your Toyota Sequoia permits you to change the distance 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 ability to see of the road, for tiny people we usually elevate the seat and for tall people to lower it.
  • Finally, the last “classic” configuration is the seat inclination, not to be mislead with the control to fold the seat of a Toyota Sequoia, this setting will enable you, depending on the length of your arms, to have a perfect driving position without tiring to reach the controls
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  • The lumbar support: On some interior packages, you will in addition be able to modify 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 Toyota Sequoia?

After finding out about all the seat configurations, we will in this part assist you to fold down the front seat of your Toyota Sequoia. Please take note 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 Toyota Sequoia, or whether you want to fold it down to transport bulky stuff on a 5-door Toyota Sequoia, it will not be the same method, here are the different methods to do it

Fold down the front seat of a 3-door Toyota Sequoia.

As we advised you before, whether it’s to get a passenger in the back seat, or to carry bulky objects, knowing how to fold the front seat down from its Toyota Sequoia is important. This procedure is quite simple, and depending on the year of your Toyota Sequoia the lever to fold down the front seat can be in different locations, 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 Toyota Sequoia 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 Sequoia

As for folding the front seat of a Toyota Sequoia 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 above. Folding the front seat of a 5-door Toyota Sequoia will generally only be useful if you want to carry bulky goods. 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 Toyota Sequoia, don’t be reluctant to read our short post dedicated to this action.

If you have any additional questions about the Toyota Sequoia, do not hesitate to consult our Toyota Sequoia category.