Has anyone out there removed the rear seats on a basic Karoq, ie without fancy Varioflex seats?  From the maintenance manual it doesn’t look too tricky to take them out but curious to know what it’s like underneath the seats, ie the new load area.  Is it like this but without the grab bars for the VF seats or is that flat area with those bars an add-on as part of the upgrade? 

 

 

I’m looking to use the car for a potential camping trip to W & N Finland next summer and I think I can just about squeeze all by stuff in and still see out all the windows.  Having an additional load area like above would be very useful.

Edited 28 November, 20205 yr by DSL

Step one in my quest for more space is an epic fail.  No way that seat bench is budging, not helped be not being able to get my fingers under the bench where I’m supposed to “Pull the rear seat bench - 1 - forcefully upwards with a jerk with both hands”.  I was doing it from standing in the rear side door opening, I might have to clamber into the back.  
 

Not giving up quite yet.

Is this thread any help ?

 

I appreciate it relates to the Superb but I bet the design of non VF is the same...?

 

 

 

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Edited 29 November, 20205 yr by Phil245

Thanks for that, agreed looks very similar.  I’ve kind of abandoned taking the bases out as even standing in the rear footwell and using both hands all I’ve accomplished is a sprained wrist.  The base was just not for budging.  It was a good idea, and looks easy in the manual, but reality didn’t match my hopes.  

Details for the Karoq are shown here: Skoda Karoq - General Body Repairs (Interior) Workshop Manual - SKODA Karoq - BRISKODA

 

It seems very similar to the explanations above.

 

Chris

 

Was exactly what I was going by, unfortunately didn’t get past the first step.  And I’ve had the equiv of 3 Wheetabix this morning. I had the feeling something was going to break before the clips gave way, wasn’t expecting my wrist!

 

Looks straightforward enough - at least the first action does.......

 

46 minutes ago, DSL said:

Thanks for that, agreed looks very similar.  I’ve kind of abandoned taking the bases out as even standing in the rear footwell and using both hands all I’ve accomplished is a sprained wrist.  The base was just not for budging.  It was a good idea, and looks easy in the manual, but reality didn’t match my hopes.  

I think you have to take it by surprise, so to speak......To be fair the Flex seats in the SEL had me scratching my head for a few months - I genuinely thought they were faulty / stuck.

 

I wonder if the seat backs then fold down flatter if you manage to  remove the base, OR maybe even the seat backs can be removed too.

Unfortunately the pauper level SE has the basic rear seats, something I knew about but was convinced I was going to be able to just whip them out and put in some way of storing my stuff.  Stuff includes an Engel fridge, that’s 1/3 of the boot space taken up, and a 2.0m long Oztent bag.  Unfortunately I tend not to travel light.   

 

Edited 29 November, 20205 yr by DSL

40 minutes ago, croquemonsieur said:

I wonder if the seat backs then fold down flatter if you manage to  remove the base, OR maybe even the seat backs can be removed too.

What I was wondering.  Would just have to make sure there’s nothing there to damage the fabric of the backrests, was thinking of carpet for that.  Seat backs also don’t look too difficult to remove, but that’s assuming the base is out the way.  Mind you, the bases didn’t look that difficult.

Unfortunately I tend not to travel light. 

 

 

But it’s all worth it for wild camping in places well off the beaten track  like these.  

 

 

 

 

Just got to figure out the best way of getting it all in. 

Edited 29 November, 20205 yr by DSL

The seats on my friend's BMW Active Tourer fold flatter, but I imagine the seat base is set lower (front is).  Peugeot 3008 presumably ditto, but not sat in either.  I note that a 1st generation Citroen Picasso taxi we travelled in many years ago was disappointingly low in the rear for what I thought an MPV should be like - felt like a child's seat, as do most conventional saloons / hatchbacks, but maybe that was the idea.  I like sitting upright - long legs - what impressed me about another friend's Yeti rear (& front) seats I tried before buying my Yeti, some year's ago.

You first have to remove the isofix cover and plastic support. It's tricky to remove the supports, there are two clips around the metal rod that must be release, then the supports can be extracted. A screwdriver and a lot of patience should do it.

You have to pull quite hard to release the front part.