. My daughter rode with us all the way to Salem, MA from Jersey in the back seat. She didn't complain at all. And we've taken the girls a few times down the shore with my Jeep, no problem.
These are not claustrophobic peeps who concentrate of freedom of foot movement. Clearly.Use the release lever on the top rear edge of the seat. The seat will fold forward and slide all the way up to the dash, and people can get in and out.
I know some people think there's no space back there, but it depends on who's climbing in. My daughter and her friends have no issues, except her tall friend bumps her head on the roll bar sometimes on the way out. There is plenty of legroom if the front passengers are short like me and my wife
Actually had two co-workers ride back there for a few blocks to go from one school to another. One guy is about 5'8" and 200 lbs, the other was probably 5'10 and well over 200. They both fit and got in and out pretty easy. I wouldn't take them on a long ride, but it was ok to go across town.
True enough. And like I said, we are short - I'm 5'3", my wife is 5' even, so we sit pretty far forward, leaving lots of legroom behind us.
Be gentle with that latch... it is NOT trail rated...
Hopefully you are not speaking from experience. I only used mine once just to try it out. I removed my rear seats day 1. Someday they will reappear in my man cave as cool furniture. Until then they reside in a Xmas tree storage bag on a ceiling rack in my garage taking up real estate.
The best part about this forum is learning from others. My latches haven't broken yet but I make sure anyone entering/exiting treats them with kid gloves. They aren't used often which is helpful.
I know I've seen a few threads on here about issues with the latch mechanism, but it doesn't affect them all, especially if you treat it gently.
Ha... that's me. I am gentle with my tools, closing doors, drawers, etc. Always been that way. My 'better' half drives me crazy... she is careless when shutting things, sharp knives get tossed about in the sink after I spend the time sharpening and so on. I guess opposites attract!
Mine broke when I dropped it at the dealership for a recall back in 2021. I got it back and that latch was all messed up and the mechanism had become disconnected. I had to bring it back another day for them to fix it. It's been ok since but I also treat it with kid gloves because it feels so flimsy that it could break at any moment.
Our biggest problem with that has been the (instinctive, probably) puling on it by passengers to get out of the back seat -- it became dislodged very early in ownership. It still works, but it's not always neatly in place in the seat.
