Front passenger seat not folding flat?

[NLMGSAN]

Yes, I tried various ways earlier, I was really surprised how far (or how not very far) the front passenger seat actually went forward, there's easily enough room for it to go a further 6 inches or so, forward.

Would a longer rail do the trick?

 

[gary333]

Would a longer rail do the trick?

It likely doesn't go any further down to the passenger airbag calibration. No-one wants an exploding device taking their face off in a crash.

 

[NLMGSAN]

It likely doesn't go any further down to the passenger airbag calibration. No-one wants an exploding device taking their face off in a crash.

Because of the seat hitting the sensor ?

 

[gary333]

Because of the seat hitting the sensor ?

There has to be a suitable gap between a persons head and the dashboard to allow for the airbag to safely deploy and cushion the head. If a head is too close then the explosion of the airbag could cause severe face damaged/death.

 

[siteguru]

Because of the seat hitting the sensor ?

Because a passenger in the seat could end up too close to the airbag ejection point, if it was allowed to go too far forward?

 

[NLMGSAN]

Makes sense.

 

[Panther]

There has to be a suitable gap between a persons head and the dashboard to allow for the airbag to safely deploy and cushion the head. If a head is too close then the explosion of the airbag could cause severe face damaged/death.

Some force in the airbags, my sister-in-law fractured her wrist once when she went to hit the horn just as the airbag deployed. Also read once about a guy who ended up with a fractured skull as he was leaning forward when it went off and it pushed him up into the windscreen.

Definitely not to be messed with.