Rear bench seat (Station wagon) (VW Passat B5)

Contents: How to fold the rear bench seat ↓ How to put the rear seat back ↓

To increase the luggage compartment capacity, the rear bench seat can be folded down: on a vehicle with a split rear bench seat, each of the two parts of the seat can be folded down separately.

The rear seat head restraints must be removed before folding the seat.

On vehicles with a partition net, you must first release the locking screws of the net frame before folding the rear seat.

To avoid damaging the seats, before folding the rear seat, position the front seats so that the back of the rear seat does not rest against the front seats.

How to fold the rear bench seat

Pull up on loop B of seat cushion A and fold it forward.

Pull up the seatback release button C and at the same time fold the seatback D forward. The red marking on the button will become visible.

The seat belt must not pass over the folded seat back, otherwise the rear belt pretensioners will be activated in a collision.

How to put the rear seat back

Fold back the seat back D and lock it securely. The red marking on the release button C will now no longer be visible.

Then fold the seat cushion A back to its original position. Keep the middle seat belt raised high, otherwise the belt will be caught between the backrest and the cushion and cannot be used.

Make sure that the seat belts are not caught and damaged when the seat is returned to its place.