Stupid Question About 3rd Row Seats
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Stupid Question About 3rd Row Seats
Hi All,
I've done a bunch of googling but can't find a definitive answer anywhere. For the 3rd row seats, if the headrest is in the up position, will it automatically retract when you press the button to fold the seats down?
It doesn't on my car but I'm wondering if something is busted. All the videos I've seen online only ever show the seats with the headrest already retracted which leads me to believe that this is a manual step but I thought I'd check with the folks here.
Thanks,
Martin
I've done a bunch of googling but can't find a definitive answer anywhere. For the 3rd row seats, if the headrest is in the up position, will it automatically retract when you press the button to fold the seats down?
It doesn't on my car but I'm wondering if something is busted. All the videos I've seen online only ever show the seats with the headrest already retracted which leads me to believe that this is a manual step but I thought I'd check with the folks here.
Thanks,
Martin
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It's a manual step to retract the headrest.
The seats will still fold with them up but you wouldn't want them to be up as it will catch the 2nd row seats and possibly break the folding mechanism.
The seats will still fold with them up but you wouldn't want them to be up as it will catch the 2nd row seats and possibly break the folding mechanism.
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Hi All,
I've done a bunch of googling but can't find a definitive answer anywhere. For the 3rd row seats, if the headrest is in the up position, will it automatically retract when you press the button to fold the seats down?
It doesn't on my car but I'm wondering if something is busted. All the videos I've seen online only ever show the seats with the headrest already retracted which leads me to believe that this is a manual step but I thought I'd check with the folks here.
Thanks,
Martin
I've done a bunch of googling but can't find a definitive answer anywhere. For the 3rd row seats, if the headrest is in the up position, will it automatically retract when you press the button to fold the seats down?
It doesn't on my car but I'm wondering if something is busted. All the videos I've seen online only ever show the seats with the headrest already retracted which leads me to believe that this is a manual step but I thought I'd check with the folks here.
Thanks,
Martin
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That wasn't a dumb question at all; I had it too. Maybe the same kind folks can let me know whether the 2nd and 3rd row headrests can stop anywhere other than completely down or completely up? My front are electric so lots of options but the rears only seem to have 2 options: all the way up or down. Thanks!
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That wasn't a dumb question at all; I had it too. Maybe the same kind folks can let me know whether the 2nd and 3rd row headrests can stop anywhere other than completely down or completely up? My front are electric so lots of options but the rears only seem to have 2 options: all the way up or down. Thanks!
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Thanks! Guess I’m going to do the pin removal technique this weekend so my daughter’s head isn’t titled forward by this dumb design. Luckily, looks like a 15 minute job per headrest.
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AND both sides of my second row have automatic power fold forward. So, there is no reason Mercedes could not have done this for the 2 primary rear seats. Ugh.
cheers.
