fold seats TOYOTA TACOMA 2010 Owners Manual (in English)

46 1-3. Adjustable components (seats, mirrors, steering wheel)
Moving passenger’s seat for rear seat entry (if equipped)
Lift the seatback angle adjusting
lever or press the pedal behind
the seatback. The seat will slide
forward.
Move the seat to the front-most
position.
■After passengers are in the vehicle
Lift the seatback and return the seat until it locks.
Folding seatback (Bench type seat)
Pull the seatback lock release
lever and fold down the seat-
back.
Hold the lever until you have
swung the seatback forward
slightly.

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Before driving
Folding passenger’s seat (vehicles with seatback table)
Pull the seatback angle adjusting
lever and raise the seatback to
its upright position.
Pull the seatback folding lever
and fold the seatback down.

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Before driving
CAUTION
■Seat adjustment
●Be careful that the seat does not hit passengers or luggage.
●Do not recline the seat more than necessary when the vehicle is in motion
to reduce the risk of sliding under the lap belt.
If the seat is too reclined, the lap belt may slide past the hips and apply
restraint forces directly to the abdomen or your neck may contact the
shoulder belt, increasing the risk of death or serious injury in the event of
an accident.
●After adjusting the seat, make sure that the seat is locked in position.
■After returning the seatback to the upright position
Observe the following precautions. Failure to do so may result in death or
serious injury.
●Make sure the seatback is securely locked.
●Check that the seat belts are not twisted or caught in the seatback.
●Arrange the seat belts in the proper positions for ready use.
■Caution while driving
●Vehicles with seatback table: Do not sit on or place anything on the folded
seatback.
●Access Cab models only: Do not rest your foot on the press pedal behind
the passenger seat.

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1-3. Adjustable components (seats, mirrors, steering wheel)
Rear seats (Access Cab and Double Cab models)
Access Cab models
The bottom cushion of the rear seats can be raised and lowered.
■Before raising the bottom cushion
Stow the seat belt buckles.
This prevents the seat belt
buckles from falling out when
you fold the seatback.
■Raising the bottom cushion
Raise the bottom cushion up
while pulling the lever until it
locks.
■Lowering the bottom cushion
Push the bottom cushion
down while pulling the lever
until the bottom cushion locks
into the seat position.

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Before driving
Double Cab models
The seatback of the rear seat can be folded.
■Before folding rear seats
Stow the rear seat belt buck-
les.
This prevents the seat belt
buckles from falling out when
you fold the seatback.
Pass the seat belts through
the seat belt hangers.
This prevents the shoulder belt
from being damaged.
Make sure that the seat belts
are removed from the hangers
before using them.
■Folding rear seats
Remove the head restraint
Swing the bottom cushion
up by pulling the lock
release strap

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CAUTION
■When the seatback is folded/the bottom cushion is raised
Do not sit on or place anything on the seatback or auxiliary box while driving.
■When returning the seats to their original position
Observe the following precautions. Failure to do so may result in death or
serious injury.
●Be careful not to get your hands or feet pinched in the seat.
●Make sure the seatbacks and bottom cushions are securely locked. Fail-
ure to do so will prevent the seat belt from operating properly.
●Check that the seat belts are not twisted or caught under the seat.
●Arrange the seat belts in the proper positions for ready use.
Attach the head restraints to
the holders located on the
back sides of the bottom cush-
ions.
Fold down the seatback by
pulling the lock release strap.

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Before driving
NOTICE
■Before folding the seats
The seat belts buckles must be stowed.

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Before driving
■Removing the front head restraints
Bench type seat
Separated type seat
■When using the rear head restraints (Access Cab models
only)
To u s e
Lift up the head restraint until it
locks.
To f o l d
Pull the head restraint lock
release lever to fold the head
restraint.
Pull the head restraint up while pushing
the lock release button.
Pull the head restraint up while pushing
the lock release button.

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Before driving
Folding back the mirrors
Push backward to fold the mir-
rors.
Manually adjustable type
Adjust the mirror up, down, in
or out by pushing the mirror
surface.
■Mirror operating conditions (vehicles with power-adjustable type only)
The engine switch is in the ACC or ON position.

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CAUTION
■When driving the vehicle
Observe the following precautions while driving.
Failing to do so may result in loss of control of the vehicle and cause an acci-
dent, resulting in death or serious injury.
●Do not adjust the mirrors while driving.
●Do not drive with the mirrors folded back.
●Both the driver and passenger side mirrors must be extended and properly
adjusted before driving.
NOTICE
■If ice should jam the mirror
Do not operate the control or scrape the mirror face. Use a spray de-icer to
free the mirror.