Regardless you are the new possessor of a Volkswagen Amarok, have been lent one, or have leased one, you may not yet know all the particulars of this car. This is precisely the subject of this article, we will help you to execute a simple but essential task on 3-door cars to be able to travel with more than 2 passengers. That’s why we are going to teach you how to fold a front seat on a Volkswagen Amarok, for that, first of all, we are going to talk about the different configuration settings of the front seat of your car, and, in a second part, the different techniques to fold the front seat of a Volkswagen Amarok..
The different front seat configurations settings of an Volkswagen Amarok
First of all, we’ll commence our article by describing the different positioning existing on the front seat of a Volkswagen Amarok. In fact, regardless if 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 have the possibility of using different adjustments, here are most of the settings you will find on your Volkswagen Amarok:
- Basic and crucial adjustment for driving without taking risks, this adjustment of the front seat of your Volkswagen Amarok enables you to modify the distance of the seat to the pedals to be able to adapt to the size of each person’s legs.
- This setting enables you to have a better vision of the road, for tiny people we often elevate the seat and for big people to lower it.
- Finally, the last “classic” configuration is the seat inclination, not to be confounded with the control to fold the seat of a Volkswagen Amarok, this setting will allow you, dependent on the length of your arms, to have a good driving position without tiring to reach the controls
- The lumbar support: On some series, you will even be able to adjust the lumbar support offered 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 Volkswagen Amarok?
After finding out about all the seat settings, we will now help you to fold down the front seat of your Volkswagen Amarok. Please bear in mind that depending on the number of doors on your car the process will not be the same. Whether you want to fold down a front seat to drive a passenger on a 3-door Volkswagen Amarok, or whether you want to fold it down to transport bulky stuff on a 5-door Volkswagen Amarok, it will not be the same approach, here are the different methods to do it
Fold down the front seat of a 3-door Volkswagen Amarok.
As we advised you earlier, whether it’s to get a passenger in the back seat, or to carry bulky products, knowing how to fold the front seat down from its Volkswagen Amarok is important. This procedure is quite simple, and according to the year of your Volkswagen Amarok the lever to fold down the front seat can be in different places, 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 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 Volkswagen Amarok 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 Volkswagen Amarok
As for folding the front seat of a Volkswagen Amarok 5-door, the method is not the same because since it is not designed to receive rear passengers through the front doors, your seats don’t have the same functionality we just talked about earlier. Folding the front seat of a 5-door Volkswagen Amarok will generally only be useful if you want to carry bulky items. 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 Volkswagen Amarok, don’t hesitate to read our article dedicated to this procedure.
If you wish more tutorials on the Volkswagen Amarok, go to our Volkswagen Amarok category.
