Xantia Folding Rear Seats

hilldweller · Post by **hilldweller** » 14 Apr 2009, 19:54

Hi All,

I have a 98 Xantia estate (1.9td) but unfortunately it didn't come with a handbook.

I could do with putting the back seats down to fetch some furniture in it, but the bit you sit on doesn't seem to come forwards very far. Should it? I don't want to yank it and break it.

Ta

John

Citroenmad · Post by **Citroenmad** » 14 Apr 2009, 20:02

Do you not have to lift up the front of the seat base and pull that up slightly, then it should lift up all of the way, so you can fold the rear of the seat behind it.

Chris.

Xaccers · Post by **Xaccers** » 14 Apr 2009, 20:03

Lift the front edge of the bit you sit on straight up, then pull the back edge up and forward to rotate the seat forwards.
Then you can drop the seatbacks down.
It helps to move the front seats forward a bit, and also remove the rear headrests.

hilldweller · Post by **hilldweller** » 14 Apr 2009, 22:09

Aha! Yes that did the trick, I wasn't lifting the front up.

Thanks chaps!

vince · Post by **vince** » 14 Apr 2009, 22:17

Xac, how do you take the rear headrests out? mine seem welded in

Ive looked for buttons to push etc but no luck.

DickieG · Post by **DickieG** » 14 Apr 2009, 22:29

vince wrote:Xac, how do you take the rear headrests out? mine seem welded in Ive looked for buttons to push etc but no luck.

Press/squeeze the button on one of the bases.

addo · Post by **addo** » 14 Apr 2009, 22:30

Examine the plastic collars pressed into the seat cushion fabric, that surround your headrest rods. There's a small tab on one of each pair, that you push sideways to release the catch pawl.

Cheers, Adam.