Perhaps you are the new owner of a Volvo Xc40, have been lent one, or have rented 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 simple but important procedure on 3-door cars to be able to travel with more than 2 passengers. That’s why we are going to show you how to fold a front seat on a Volvo Xc40, for that, first of all, we are going to review the different settings of the front seat of your car, and, in a second step, the different techniques to fold the front seat of a Volvo Xc40..
The different front seat configurations settings of an Volvo Xc40
Firstly, we’ll start our short post by describing the different settings existing on the front seat of a Volvo Xc40. In fact, regardless if you want to fold one of your front seats on your motor vehicle, you should know that depending on the model of your car and its packages you will have have the possibility of using different adjustments, here are most of the settings you can find on your Volvo Xc40:
- Basic and crucial adjustment for driving without taking risks, this configuration settings of the front seat of your Volvo Xc40 allows you to modify the proximity of the seat to the pedals to be able to conform to the size of each person’s legs.
- This setting allows you to have a better perspective of the road, for small persons we often bring up the seat and for tall persons to lower it.
- Finally, the last “classic” setting is the seat inclination, not to be confused with the control to fold the seat of a Volvo Xc40, this setting will enable you, determined by the length of your arms, to have a good driving position without tiring to reach the controls
- The lumbar support: On some interior packages, you will in addition be able to modify 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 Volvo Xc40?
After finding out about all the seat adjustments, we will in this part help you to fold down the front seat of your Volvo Xc40. Please be aware that according to the number of doors on your car the procedure will not be the same. Whether you want to fold down a front seat to transport a passenger on a 3-door Volvo Xc40, or whether you want to fold it down to deliver large things on a 5-door Volvo Xc40, it will not be the same method, here are the different methods to do it
Fold down the front seat of a 3-door Volvo Xc40.
As we informed you before, whether it’s to get a passenger in the back seat, or to carry large things, understanding how to fold the front seat down from its Volvo Xc40 is important. This technique is quite simple, and according to the year of your Volvo Xc40 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 generally in the middle of the backrest
- On the side of the seat in the middle of the seat
Pushing this lever will totally fold down the front seat back of your Volvo Xc40 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 Xc40
As for folding the front seat of a Volvo Xc40 5-door, the approach is not similar 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 on. Folding the front seat of a 5-door Volvo Xc40 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 Volvo Xc40, don’t be reluctant to read our short post dedicated to this action.
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