JoKing

Solved it! Sorry if it's obvious to everyone else, but it wasn't to me until this morning! There are 2 levers on the side of the seat, labelled A and B in the first picture. Lifting "A" does two things: it allows the seat back to fold a bit forward, and releases the seat on the rails. I presume this is to allow people to get to the rear seats if fitted. Notice that the lever stays up so that in that position the seat is free to slide. If you then lift "B" you can fold the back right down, but as "A" is up the seat still slides. This is what I was doing. But if you don't lift "A" at all, and just use "B" you can fold the back right down but "A" is down and the seat remains locked on the rails. Hooray! As shown in the second picture. As we normally have the seats facing backwards the levers are in the middle of the vehicle which is why it was difficult to see what they did.

Thanks Roger, that is the seat type that we have and video is very useful. But if you note what he says, after rotating the seats he puts the seat backs up and says "and lock in position", and that is the essence of my my question, can we lock in position with the backs folded down? It's possible I need to jiggle the front levers - I will try that later. Cheers

We have a 2003 modal. It has five of the original seats because the rear ones were removed for a camper conversion. So the ones I am talking about are the double and single one behind the driver and front passenger. With the seat backs upright they are locked on the rails. But each has various levers for folding the back down 45 degrees and to rotate them to face rearwards. And I recently discovered a smaller lever which folds the back right the way down for a flat surface. But in any position apart from back up they appear to be free to move up and down the rails.

Hi Sometimes when moving stuff it's useful to have the middle seats with their backs folded down. But when I do that they are free to slide up and down the rails which they do even with gentle acceleration and braking. Is there anyway to have them locked when folded? Thanks.

Thanks Paul. Looks like you have the same conversion as us. What did you do about the front three windows? We are thinking of having three removable 'blinds' attached with suction pads. Home made, with reflector towards the outside and blackout material facing inside.