Out of every 2 door car I've been in, the tC is the only one with a passenger's seat that defaults to upright position after getting in the back seat. What's up with that? I have a friend who is a bit bigger than I. He thus always sits in the front seat. However, after letting someone into the back seat, he has trouble getting into the front because of the positioning of the seat. Does this bother anyone else? I am seriously considering replacing the front seats because of this.

 

nope, doesn't bother me.... didn't buy the car for my passengers.. maybe a quick fix is to get a smaller friend.. jk.

 

For those of you saying yes, would you care to say why it is a problem for you?

 

I seriously laughed at option #3 (and chose it, hehe), because it's unusual for a person to post something like this and predict the criticism

 

too busy enjoying the adjustable DRIVER headrest to notice. haha, you think this car is about passenger comfort?!? Well it is, but I still dont care. See, here's the deal. I drive, shotgun watches out for pedestrians...an upright back makes for a better spotter.

 

No it's not. Not in this case especially.

I don't really care myself. As others said, the car's not for the passenger imo. Personally, I'd complain first about the lack of power seats for the driver before anything for the passenger. But of course, I'm single again and don't have much concern for the passenger's comfort now. *shrug*

 

I voted yes because it ticks me off the memory is on the drivers side and not the passenger. If I knew how to swap it over I would. NO ONE MOVES MY SEAT!! Which means you rear passengers go in and out the passenger side!

Of course, the shotgun seat can always simply readjust before or after quickly so its sort of moot all together for me. But if I was designing I would have given the memory to the passenger or both. *shrug*

 

It's really not that big of a problem. When you let someone out of the back just hold the lever up while sliding the seat back. This will help to return it to more or less where it was. Give it a try!

 

If I cared about the passengers, I would've bought a 4-door car. Like somebody else said, give me a power driver's seat before anything on the passenger's.

 

exactly!! well said

 

I think the reasoning behind the driver's seat having the memory function as opposed to the passenger is the fact the driver is usually always the same and the driver's seat is the one that gets put in a specific position to operate the car with comfort. Passengers tend to be less picky because they don't have to get in position to operate the wheel/pedals/shifter or get a good view out of the car.

Obviously both don't have it because it's a $16k car.

It doesn't bother me. My Sebring Convt. didn't have memory in either seat and it was never a problem. Guess I have patience.

 

True, but how often does anyone have a passenger in the back seat anyway? If there is a third passenger they get in behind the front passenger 90% of the time. A fourth passenger is even less frequent but they frequently enter/exit while the driver is still seated so they use the passenger side too. It would make sense that the passenger seat has memory because it will be more frequently moved for backseat passengers. Also, the driver knows how to adjust the seats and the passenger has to grope around and ask a bunch of questions like "How does this work?", "What the F---?", etc.

 

I was having the memory problem with the passenger side seat...... and my friend discovered that if you push the seat back before you flip up the backrest that it actually does keep the memory of the seat. What's difficult is explaining this to ppl before they push it back!

 

Are you sure.? I know that if you push the seatback upright it will lock the seat wherever it is, but if you slide the seat and then flip the seatback up the seatback doesn't go into it's previous position. Also, the owner's manual mentions seat memory ONLY for the driver's seat.

As I mentioned before, my friend has trouble getting in when the seat is verticle. So, I have started sliding the seat, then flipping the back upright, then pulling the lever and reclining it, very quickly before he gets in the car.

 

Someone probably thought of adding passenger-side memory, then said to themselves, "WHY??"

The reason for memory on the driver's side is that the driver is usually always going to be the same person. And considering the target market for Scion, the passenger was probably assumed to change frequently.

 

so... you're saying we should first move the seatbase back by first sliding the base back until it doesn't go any further, then pusing the seatback until it tilts back into place...
whereas most of us will just grab the seatback and pull it back... so that the seatback tilts back until the seatbase locks into place.

right?

 

that's right, kaypee ..... but now you guys have me wondering if I'm right... It seemed to work at the time we tested it out. I'm working out of town right now so I can't jump in my tc to try it. I'll have to check it out again on Friday when I get home.

 

I just tested mine again.

Reclined passenger's seat.
Folded and slid seat forward.
Slid seat bottom back.
Raised seatback.

Still not in the same position as before. As previously mentioned, if you hold the lever while doing all of this, you can restore the seat to it's previous position before locking it in place. However, this still is NOT memory. It is someone manually re-adjusting the angle of the seatback. If someone can recline their seat and return it to the same position without using the lever after letting someone out of the back, I would be interested to know.

 

Coulda picked Option 2&3 but since 2 was lacking thought I'd just drop it in there.

I'm going to be the only one in the car 98% of the time. So for that other 2% and since the riders arn't paying for gas most likely they can do some work and change the seat position. The comfort of my car is for me and only me, its just an added bonus that others can have a seat in it.

 

Are you serious about this?!? I'm sure they could have put this in there, but would the rest of you be willing to pay an extra couple hundred bucks for it? I dont think so. I really could care less about the passenger seat. Like a previous poster said. If I cared about this feature I would have gotten a sedan. How often do you have people climbing in and out of the backseat that complain about this? If its so often that this is a hassle, maybe a coupe wasnt the best choice.

You can put the seat back to its reclined state as posted by komik_tc by just not releasing the lever until you reach the position you want. The seat wont however return to its same position on the fwd/rear track.