C class cabriolet electric seats

[Eselkay32]

I have recently bought a c class cabriolet and next week will be travelling to see my sister who I have not seen for over 12 months due to lockdown.
I will need to use the rear seats, car has had no passengers in the back yet, so I pull a lever on the front seat and it slides forward electrically for passenger to get into rear seat. The seat then glides back leaving a very small amount of legroom and possibly causing hurt.
I am concerned what may happen, surely mercedes has covered this .
Any help would be appreciated.

[quinny100]

Eselkay32 said:

I have recently bought a c class cabriolet and next week will be travelling to see my sister who I have not seen for over 12 months due to lockdown.
I will need to use the rear seats, car has had no passengers in the back yet, so I pull a lever on the front seat and it slides forward electrically for passenger to get into rear seat. The seat then glides back leaving a very small amount of legroom and possibly causing hurt.
I am concerned what may happen, surely mercedes has covered this .
Any help would be appreciated.

Move the front seats forward? The C class saloon is awful for rear passenger space - so I can only imagine the cabriolet is worse. Most mid size hatchbacks have more room in the back than the C class, despite being shorter.

I resorted to buying an E class estate, which is better but probably still relatively poor in the back compared to it's exterior dimensions. If my 2 year old daughter doesn't snap out of kicking the back of the seat soon I'll probably end up buying a long wheelbase S class in a fit of rage.

[mk1coopers]

Bought a GLE with adjustable rear seats to stop the kicking problem

If it's got memory seats could you put a setting into number 2 with the seat further forwards then see if it will adopt that position if you select it before moving the backrest

[matt3001]

I believe there is a safety feature to stop this happening.

In my previous cabrio even if i put a shopping bag in the back footwell that was too big the seat goes so far and then stops.

[Eselkay32]

Thanks for your advice folks
Will try shopping bag trick tomorrow
I

[Eselkay32]

Thanks for your input folks
I will try the shopping bag trick tomorrow

[Eselkay32]

Sorry
I dont seem to have the hang of this posting and usually seem to do it twice

[TarquinMX5]

Is the seat simply not going back to where it was before you tipped it forward?

If the car has memory seats, you need to set the seat to a more-forward programmed position, otherwise it will always revert to the selected position. Not sure about non-memory seats but if applicable just move seat forward and try that.

[Eselkay32]

All sorted now thanks, yes the car has memory seats so I did as advised and moved seat forward and pressed a memory button. Works fine now.

[TarquinMX5]

. Result.

[eddy77]

Watch out for head rests too. My CLK lowers the headrests automatically when you tip the seat forward so that the seat tops forward better and doesn’t hit the top of the windscreen. If your child has their hand under the headrest as it drops, their hand gets trapped between the headrest and the top of the seat and I can confirm it does indeed hurt!

Not sure if newer cars do this but both my kids are now very careful not to get their hands trapped. Once bitten, twice shy so to speak!