If you are the new possessor of a volvo v70, have been lent one, or have leased one, you may not yet know all the specs of this car. This is specifically the subject of this short post, we will help you to carry out a basic but important procedure on 3-door cars to be able to travel with more than 2 passengers. That’s why we are going to explain you how to fold a front seat on a volvo v70, for that, first of all, we are going to take a look at the different adjustments of the front seat of your car, and, in a second step, the different ways to fold the front seat of a volvo v70..
The different front seat configurations settings of an volvo v70
Firstly, we’ll start our short post by describing the different positioning existing on the front seat of a volvo v70. Indeed, even 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 access to different settings, here are a good number of the settings you can have on your volvo v70:
- Simple and fundamental adjustment for driving without taking risks, this configuration settings of the front seat of your volvo v70 enables you to adjust 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 drivers we typically raise the seat and for tall drivers 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 v70, this setting will enable you, based upon the length of your arms, to have a good driving posture without tiring to reach the controls
- The lumbar support: On some interior packages, you will also 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 v70?
After identifying all the seat adjustments, we will in this part assist you to fold down the front seat of your volvo v70. Please be aware that depending on the number of doors on your car the operation will not be the same. Whether you want to fold down a front seat to fit a passenger on a 3-door volvo v70, or whether you want to fold it down to deliver bulky items on a 5-door volvo v70, it will not be the same action, here are the different procedures to do it
Fold down the front seat of a 3-door volvo v70.
As we informed you just before, whether it’s to get a passenger in the back seat, or to carry bulky things, knowing how to fold the front seat down from its volvo v70 is essential. This technique is quite basic, and depending on the year of your volvo v70 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 generally in the middle of the backrest
- On the side of the seat in the middle of the seat
Activating this lever will totally fold down the front seat back of your volvo v70 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 v70
As for folding the front seat of a volvo v70 5-door, the process is not the same because since it is not made to receive rear passengers through the front doors, your seats don’t have the same functionality we just talked about above. Folding the front seat of a 5-door volvo v70 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 volvo v70, don’t hesitate to consult our short post dedicated to this action.
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