Can the rear seat be folded down? - 1997 Lexus ES 300

If you have the long bench I don't think you can fold the rear seat down. It will only fold down if you have the split rear bench.

if dealer said its not the rear seat release then you dont have the rear seat fold down and it is an option so if it s not there then vehicle didnt come with it --folding rear seats is an option not in every vehicle

To fold-down rear seat on 2007 Chevy Malibu, follow these steps:
1. Open the trunk
2. Pull on one or both the handles located on the upper side of the trunk
3. The handle located on the driver's side will unlatch the bigger part of the read seat
4. The handle on the passenger side will fold down the smaller portion of the rear seat.
5. Once done, you will have a seat that's nicely folded down.

Fold down rear seats in 1995 Pajero 4x4 wagon - Fixya

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May 19, 2017 - Open the back trunk, look near the top of the trunk, and pull the two black levers. They have a seat folding down symbol. That will release the ...

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To fold down, follow these steps:
1. There is a loop located in the middle of the back seat - pull it forward and the bottom part of the rear seat will fold down
2. Wedge the the back seat, and it should not give you any trouble in folding down
3. To ensure that the seat goes all the way down- remove the headrest.
If your seat can not be folded-down, follow these steps to remove it:
1. Put some pressure on the bottom cushion of the back seat.
2. To release the bottom seat, pull the T handles, and then remove the cushion
3. There will be some bolts and screws on the bottom of the seat - remove them, and then you can pull out the seat.

Be sure that your model has fold down rear seats...you should see the seperation around both rear seats...if equipped, the fold down release is located at the top corner of each rear seat...pull the lever up to release...if your model does not have the fold down option...you will need to remove the rear seat...remove the lower cushions first...look on the lower front of the seats for hold down bolts...second you will need to remove the top of the rear seat...hold down bolts are at the bottom of the top cushion...after removing the bolts (one each side) you need to push up on the cushion to remove...this will then allow access to the trunk...find the trunk latch and try to release by twisting the latch cable...Hope this helps...

The rear seat backs do not fold down in these trucks, the seat bottom lifts up to gain access to the compartments below but the seat back does not fold down. The only thing you can do is physically remove the rear seats.

To fold the rear seats down on an s type jaguar, pop the boot (trunk to you yanks) look just below the rear window inside and on left and right you will see two pull handles, tug on these and hey presto the seats are released from catches. Open either rear door and fold down seats. Sit back and have a beer. Cheers.

I am going to assume you mean the normal rear seats, not rear facing seats in the very back.
The rear seat folds down. The benches fold up from the back. When they are up you can see how to easily remove them if you want.
When the benches are up the backs fold down. There are levers on the top the slide forward to release them so they can be folded down. Tip the outboard head restraints forward by pulling their straps. The center head restraint has a button behind its right-hand support that you push to allow it to be lowered.