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Essential Safety Equipment

Seats

Form No. 8R29-EA-02I

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Split-Folding Rear Seatback

The seatbacks can be folded down to 
provide more space in the luggage 
compartment.

To fold the seatbacks

1. Unfasten the lap portion of the rear 

center seat belt (page 2-17).

2. After checking that the rear seats are 

clear, open the trunk and pull the 
remote handle levers on the left and 
right.

Folding Seatbacks with Remote 
Handle Levers:
Not checking the rear seat area before 
folding the seatbacks with the remote 
handle levers is dangerous. The rear 
seat area is difficult to see from the 
rear of the vehicle. Operating the 
remote handle levers without 
checking could cause injury to a 
person when a seatback suddenly 
flips forward. Make sure to check the 
rear seat area before operating the 
remote handle levers.

Operating the Remote Handle Levers 
While a Rear-Facing Child-Restraint 
System is in the Rear Seat:
Operating the remote handle levers 
while a rear-facing child-restraint 
system is in the rear seat is 
dangerous. It could cause injury to a 
child seated in the child-restraint 
system when the seatback suddenly 
flips forward. Always remove the 
child-restraint system from the rear 
seat before operating the remote 
handle levers for the rear seat.

WARNING

Be careful of the following when using 
the remote handle levers:

•

On a downward slope, the seatback 
could flip forward faster than on a 
flat area.

•

On an upward slope, the seatback 
may not fold down. When the 
seatbacks cannot be folded down 
with levers, pull the rear seatback 
forward from inside the vehicle.

Always unfasten the lap portion of the 
belt before folding the rear-left 
seatback. Leaving the lap portion of 
the belt fastened could cause damage 
to the seat belt, buckle and seatback.

CAUTION

CAUTION

Remote handle lever

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