Warning
- Adjust the seat and fix it before driving away. Take care when adjusting the seat. Uncontrolled or careless adjustment can lead to trapping injuries.
- When loading long objects, they must always be strapped in securely to avoid injury and damage during sudden braking.
- Always switch off the engine and apply the parking brake when loading and unloading the car.
- For cars with automatic gearbox, set the gear selector in P to prevent it from being moved by mistake.
Important
There must be no objects on the rear seat when the backrest is to be folded down. The seat belts must not be connected either. Otherwise there is a risk of damaging the rear seat upholstery.
Important
Note
The front seats may need to be pushed forwards, and/or the backrests adjusted upwards, in order that the rear backrests can be fully folded forward.
Lowering the backrest
Car with electronic folding
If the car is equipped with electronic* folding of the rear seat there are buttons located in the cargo area. The backrests can also be lowered manually.
Warning
Pay attention that people are not at risk of being trapped during the automatic folding of the rear seat. Since this takes place automatically on the press of a button, no one must be on or too close to the rear seat.
To facilitate folding of the rear seat, the car must be stationary and the tailgate open.
For electronically controlled folding of backrests:
Ensure that there are no occupants or objects in the rear seat.
Lower the centre seat's head restraint manually.
Hold the button for folding depressed. The buttons are marked L and R for left and right-hand backrest sections respectively.
The backrests are lowered automatically to horizontal position. The head restraints are also lowered automatically.
To lower the backrest manually:
Lower the centre head restraint manually .
Pull the handles located in the car's left and right-hand rear seat backrests forward .
The backrest disengages from the lock and is automatically lowered to the horizontal position.
Car without electronic folding
If the car is only equipped with manual lowering of rear seat:
Lower the centre seat's head restraint manually.
Pull forward the handles that are fitted in the car's left and right-hand rear seat backrests.
The seat is released from the lock but remains in the same position. Lower the backrest to the horizontal position.
Raising the backrest
Raising the backrest to upright position is carried out manually:
Move the backrest up/down manually.
Press the backrest until the lock engages.
The head restraint is raised manually.
If necessary, raise the centre seat's head restraint.