This should be an easy one!!!
On Monday I tried to fold the rear seats of my 1993 Xantia (to take an old door down to the tip).
The handbook simply says "Remove the headrests".
As much as I pulled it, pressed or twisted various parts of the mounting it wouldn't come out. Go up and down; yes. Pull out of the seat; no.
Somebody must know the trick.
Thanks guys.
Xantia Rear Headrests
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It really is annoying having to remove the rear headrests to lower the seats. Surely there is a way around this that should have been designed in.
As an aside, my trusty old Pug 505 estate had rear seats that folded completely flat. The rear seat bottom swung all the way over into the footwell and the rear seat back dropped into the space left by the seat bottom. This gave a huge load area, well over 6 foot long. Why aren't estates built like this these days? Even when there seems to be the room the rear seat bottom is only designed to swing upright. Is it an attempt to make things safer and prevent the load slipping forward?
As an aside, my trusty old Pug 505 estate had rear seats that folded completely flat. The rear seat bottom swung all the way over into the footwell and the rear seat back dropped into the space left by the seat bottom. This gave a huge load area, well over 6 foot long. Why aren't estates built like this these days? Even when there seems to be the room the rear seat bottom is only designed to swing upright. Is it an attempt to make things safer and prevent the load slipping forward?