If you are the new owner of a Volvo S60, have been lent one, or have rented one, you may not yet know all the main features of this car. This is exactly the subject of this content page, we will help you to carry out a basic but important step on 3-door cars in order to transport more than 2 persons. That’s why we are going to tell you how to fold a front seat on a Volvo S60, for that, first of all, we are going to take a look at the different settings of the front seat of your car, and, in a second step, the different ways to fold the front seat of a Volvo S60..
The different front seat adjustments of an Volvo S60
First of all, we’ll commence our content page by presenting the different configurations available on the front seat of a Volvo S60. In reality, regardless if you want to fold one of your front seats on your motor vehicle, you should know that based on the model of your car and its finish you will have have the possibility of using different configuration settings, here are a good number of the settings you will find on your Volvo S60:
- Simple and fundamental adjustment for driving without taking risks, this adjustment of the front seat of your Volvo S60 allows you to change the distance of the seat to the pedals in order to fit the size of each person’s legs.
- This setting allows you to have a better vision of the road, for tiny people we tend to bring up the seat and for big 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 Volvo S60, this setting will enable you, based upon the length of your arms, to have the right driving position without tiring to reach the controls
- The lumbar support: On some finish, 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.
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How do you fold the front seat down from a Volvo S60?
After learning about all the seat settings, we will now assist you to fold down the front seat of your Volvo S60. Please remember that subject to the number of doors on your car the method will not be the same. Whether you want to fold down a front seat to drive a passenger on a 3-door Volvo S60, or whether you want to fold it down to deliver large stuff on a 5-door Volvo S60, it will not be the same process, here are the different ways to do it
Fold down the front seat of a 3-door Volvo S60.
As we informed you just before, whether it’s to get a passenger in the back seat, or to carry large items, understanding how to fold the front seat down from its Volvo S60 is useful. This technique is quite basic, and according to the year of your Volvo S60 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 commonly in the middle of the backrest
- On the side of the seat in the middle of the seat
Pushing this lever will completely fold down the front seat back of your Volvo S60 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 Volvo S60
As for folding the front seat of a Volvo S60 5-door, the technique 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 Volvo S60 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 Volvo S60, don’t hesitate to consult our content page dedicated to this action.
If you have any additional questions about the Volvo S60, do not hesitate to consult our Volvo S60 category.
