Seats and head restraints -> Adjusting the rear seat for Your Volkswagen Atlas SUV First Generation (2018-2023)

Fig. 78 Left side area in the rear bench seat: adjusting lever.  
The rear seat backrest can only be adjusted if the seat in question is occupied.  
1. Pull the adjusting lever upward in the direction of the arrow fig. 78.  
2. Allow the rear seat backrest to fold forward slightly.  
3. Press the rear seat backrest back into the desired position.  
4. Release the adjusting lever and allow the rear seat backrest to lock into place by pushing it slightly forward or back.  
Adjusting the rear seat  
Please read the introductory information and heed the Warnings and Notice   
and Introduction.  
Fig. 79 Adjusting the rear seat.  
Only in the second row of seats: Pull the lever to move the backrest into the required position. The seat backrest must lock into place after the lever is  
released. In the center seating position, instead of a lever, there is a loop (depending on the vehicle equipment). It works just like the lever.  
Only in the second row of seats in six-seaters: Press the button under the armrest to adjust the armrest.  
Only in the second row of seats: Pull the lever to move the seat into the required position. The seat must lock into place after the lever is released.  
NOTICE  
If the backrest in the second row of seats is tilted back as far as it will go, this could damage a trunk cover that has been installed behind it. Remove the luggage  
compartment cover before adjusting the backrest.  
Folding the second row seats into the cargo floor position  
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