Many vehicles, such as vans and SUVs, have third-row seats. Most people do not realize that they can remove the third row seat from the vehicle and use the space for other purpose such as storage or folding down the second row seat nicely. Most of them think this is a very difficult task to accomplish. Here are some of the easy steps of removing the third row seat that makes the task look easy.
Remove all the junks from the back of the vehicle. This is because you need a free space in order to remove the seat with difficulties. Fold the head restraint of third row seat. This is done by pulling the strap that is located below the seat after which the head restraint is pushed downward. Pull the handle at the back of the seat while pushing it forward to its seat cushion.
Remove carrier from the seat in order to access the jack. Remove the ribbed housing that is exposed after removing the carrier. This allows you to get to the hatchback latch. The housing is removed by sliding the fingers under the bottom of the housing and pulling it with a lot of force
Locate the bolts that hold the seat firmly to the floorboard. The seat is hold by total of eight bolts and nuts. Start removing the first bolt that holds the seat in place using socket wrench. This is because this bolt is the hardest to budge. Remove the three nuts that hold the seat down and then get rid of the four bolt that is holding the jack in place.
Remove the seat from the vehicle after removing all the nuts and bolts that holds the seat in place. This is done by lifting the third row seat and pushing it forward to unlock it from the two hooks that hold the seat on the floor. Now, pull the seat out of the vehicle.
