Front and Rear Seats

Correct Driving Position

The seat, head restraint, seat belt and airbags work together to maximize your safety. Using these correctly ensures greater protection.

Position the seat so you can wear the seat belt correctly, while being as far away from the front airbag as possible: 1. Sit upright with both feet on the floor and the seat back reclined no more than 30 degrees. 2. Make sure you can easily reach the pedals and that your arms are slightly bent when holding the steering wheel. Your chest should be at least 10 inches (25 cm) from the center of the airbag cover. 3. Place the shoulder section of the seat belt mid-way between your neck and your shoulder. Fit the lap section of the belt tightly across your hips, not across your stomach.

Adjusting the Driver’s Seat

1. Adjust lumbar support.

Note: This button is also used to moved the head support up or down (see Head

Supports/Restraints on page 25). When you touch this button, the touchscreen displays a popup with an image of the seat. If the lumbar area on the image is not highlighted in blue, touch the lumbar area on the image to specify that you want to adjust lumbar support. The selection you choose is retained until you manually change it. 2. Adjust backrest. 3. Move seat forward/backward. 4. Adjust the seat’s height and tilt angle.

Warning: Before adjusting a front seat, check that the area around the seat is free of obstacles (people and objects).

Warning: Do not adjust seats while driving. Doing so increases the risk of a collision.

serious injuries in a collision, as you could slide under the lap belt or be propelled into the seat belt. Ensure your seat back is reclined no more than 30 degrees when the vehicle is moving.

Adjusting Second Row Monopost Seats

A Model X equipped with monopost seats can accommodate up to three passengers in the second row, depending on the option chosen at time of purchase. There are two ways to adjust the position of these seats: • Touch Controls > Seats on the touchscreen. Press and hold the icon on the touchscreen to adjust the associated seat. White icons indicate that the seat can be moved in that direction; gray icons indicate that the seat cannot be moved any farther in that direction.

Note: If necessary, the front seats may move forward slightly to accommodate the forward movement of the monopost seats. • Use the manual adjustments illustrated below. In addition to moving a seat forward/rearward, the manual seat adjustments allow you to adjust the backrest. Although the control on the outboard seats is L-shaped, and the control on the middle seat is circular, they both provide the same functions.

1. Move seat forward/backward (up/down on the control) and adjust the backrest (left/right on the control). 2. Move seat forward/backward. 3. Adjust backrest. Note: The backrest locks into position when you release the lever. If a backrest is not locked into position when a driving gear is engaged, the instrument panel displays an alert for the unlocked backrest. Adjust the backrest again, ensuring it locks into position.

Warning: Riding in a moving vehicle with the seat back reclined can result in serious injuries in a collision, as you could slide under the lap belt or be propelled into the seat belt. Ensure the backs of occupied seats are reclined no more than 30 degrees when the vehicle is moving.

Adjusting Second Row Bench Seats

If your Model X is equipped with two rows of seats, the second row bench seats can accommodate up to three passengers. Use the mechanical adjustment lever located at the side of each outboard seating position to fold or recline the seatbacks. The bench seat is split 60/40 so the adjustment lever on the left side moves the seatbacks for both the left and center seats (whereas the lever on the right moves the rightmost seatback only). While pulling and holding the lever, move the seatback to the desired position, and then release the lever. When returning a seatback to its upright position, push and pull to ensure it is securely latched into position.

If your Model X is equipped with three rows of seats, in addition to adjusting the seatbacks as described above, you can use the mechanical lever located beneath each outboard seating position to move the second row bench seats forward or rearward. The lever on the left side moves the seat for the left and center seats, and the lever on the right moves only the seat on the right, because of the 60/40 split of the bench seats. Pull and hold the lever to move the seat forward or rearward to the desired position, and then release the lever.

Note: You can adjust bench seats using only the mechanical levers. (You cannot adjust bench seats on the touchscreen.) A bench seat in five-seat vehicles cannot be moved forward or rearward; a bench seat in sevenseat vehicles can be moved forward and rearward.

Warning: Riding in a moving vehicle with the seat back reclined can result in serious injuries in a collision, as you could slide under the lap belt or be propelled into the seat belt. Ensure the backs of occupied seats are reclined no more than 30 degrees when the vehicle is moving.

Folding Second Row Bench Seats

You can fold Model X second row bench seats flat. Before you fold second row seats flat, remove items from the seats and the rear footwell. To enable the second row seatbacks to fold completely flat, you may need to move the front seats forward.

To fold second row bench seats flat, simply pull up on the mechanical lever located on the side of each outboard seat, and fold the seatback flat. The adjustment lever on the left side folds the seatbacks for both the left and center seats, whereas the lever on the right folds the rightmost seatback only. Seating and Safety Restraints

Accessing Third Row Seats

Accessing third row seats when monopost seats are installed in the second row:

The Easy Entry button located on the backrest of each second row outboard monopost seat makes it easy for passengers to enter and exit the third row seating positions (if equipped). When the Easy Entry setting is enabled (on by default), you can tilt and move the associated outboard seat fully forward and move the center seat forward with a single press of the Easy Entry button. If Easy Entry is disabled (recommended if a child seat is installed in the second row), you must hold the Easy Entry button to move the seats. Touch Controls > Settings > Vehicle > Easy Entry > OFF to disable single press Easy Entry. After you use Easy Entry to access third row monopost seats, simply press the Easy Entry button on the backrest of either outboard seat to move the seats back to their seating position.

Accessing third row seats when bench seats are installed in the second row:

The Easy Entry button located on the backrest of each second row outboard bench seat makes it easy for passengers to enter and exit the third row seating positions (if equipped). Press and release the Easy Entry button on the left outboard seat to tilt and move the combined left and center seats forward. Press and release the Easy Entry button on the right outboard seat to tilt and move the right seat forward. After you use Easy Entry to access the third row seats, push the bench seats back to their seating position, ensuring the seats are securely latched into position by pushing and pulling on them. Note: When bench seats are installed in the second row, you access the third row seats simply by pressing and releasing the Easy Entry button. In some situations, such as when you are parked on an incline or when the seat trim affects the movement of the bench seats, after you press the Easy Entry button, the bench seats might not move forward completely, and you may need to push the seats forward gently until they reach the end of the track. If a front row seat is positioned such that the second row monopost or bench seat will collide with it during an easy entry operation, it automatically moves forward just enough to accommodate the forward position of the second row seat.

Note: Forward movement of second row seats cancels if an occupant adjusts a second row seat while it is moving. Note: When an outboard seat tilts forward for easy entry, its backrest resets to the neutral position and may need to be re-adjusted.

Warning: Do not rely on Model X to recognize or accommodate occupants seated in the vehicle while using the Easy

Entry feature. Use Easy Entry only when seats are unoccupied.

Folding Third Row Seats

If Model X is equipped with third row seats, remove items from the seats and the rear footwell before folding. To allow the third row seat backs to fold completely flat, you may need to move the second row seats forward.

To fold a third row seat, press the button located in the top outside corner of the seat. The button has two detents.

1. Fold head restraint forward. 2. Fold seat forward.

Note: If necessary, the second row seat may move forward slightly to accommodate the forward position of the third row seat. Note: To raise the seats, hold the button on the top outside corner of the seat then pull the seat back upward until it latches into place. To confirm the seat back is locked in the upright position, try pulling it forward.

Warning: Always ensure the seat backs are locked in their upright position.

Failure to do so increases the risk of injury.

Head Supports/Restraints

Use the round button on the seat to move the headrest up/down. The same button is used to adjust the seat's lumbar support (see Adjusting the Driver’s Seat on page 20). Therefore, when you touch this button, the touchscreen displays a popup with an image of the seat. If the head support shown on the image is not highlighted in blue, touch this area on the image to specify that you want to adjust the head support. The selection you choose is retained until you manually change it. You can save the head support setting to your driver profile (see Driver Profiles on page 42). The second and third row seats have integrated non-removable head supports that can not be adjusted. However, the head supports in the third row seats can be folded down for storage (see Folding Third Row Seats on page 24).

Seat Heaters

The front seats are equipped with heating pads that operate at three levels from 3 (highest) to 1 (lowest). To operate the seat heaters, see Climate Controls on page 123. If Model X is equipped with the optional cold weather package, you can also control seat heaters in all rear seating positions, as well as heated wipers and washer nozzles by touching Controls > Cold Weather (see Controls on page 116).

Warning: To avoid burns resulting from prolonged use, individuals who have peripheral neuropathy, or whose capacity to feel pain is limited because of diabetes, age, neurological injury, or some other condition, should exercise caution when using the climate control system and seat heaters.

Seat Covers

Warning: Do not use seat covers in Model X. Doing so could restrict deployment of the seat-mounted side air bags if a collision occurs. It can also reduce the accuracy of the occupant detection system.