Whether you are the new possessor of a volvo xc70, have been lent one, or have leased one, you may not yet know all the specifics of this car. This is precisely the subject of this short post, we will help you to accomplish a simple but key procedure on 3-door cars to be able to transport more than 2 passengers. That’s why we are going to tell you how to fold a front seat on a volvo xc70, for that, first of all, we are going to review the different adjustments of the front seat of your car, and, in a second part, the different techniques to fold the front seat of a volvo xc70..
The different front seat adjustments of an volvo xc70
First of all, we’ll commence our short post by describing the different settings existing on the front seat of a volvo xc70. In fact, even if you want to fold one of your front seats on your vehicle, you should know that according to the model of your car and its finish you will have access to different settings, here are the vast majority of the settings you will find on your volvo xc70:
- Basic and crucial adjustment for driving without taking risks, this adjustment of the front seat of your volvo xc70 allows you to change the distance 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 drivers we tend to elevate the seat and for tall drivers to lower it.
- Finally, the last “classic” setting is the seat inclination, not to be confounded with the control to fold the seat of a volvo xc70, this setting will enable you, depending on the length of your arms, to have the right driving position without tiring to reach the controls
- The lumbar support: On some series, you will even be able to modify 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 xc70?
After learning about all the seat adjustments, we will now help you to fold down the front seat of your volvo xc70. 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 xc70, or whether you want to fold it down to carry bulky objects on a 5-door volvo xc70, 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 xc70.
As we informed you earlier, whether it’s to get a traveler in the back seat, or to carry bulky products, knowing how to fold the front seat down from its volvo xc70 is essential. This procedure is quite simple, and depending on the year of your volvo xc70 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 totally fold down the front seat back of your volvo xc70 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 xc70
As for folding the front seat of a volvo xc70 5-door, the procedure 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 earlier on. Folding the front seat of a 5-door volvo xc70 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 space and want to fold the rear seat of your volvo xc70, don’t be reluctant to consult our short post dedicated to this procedure.
If you have any further questions about the volvo xc70, do not hesitate to consult our volvo xc70 category.
