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Agree, it's strayed off topic. That said, I saw nothing condescending in NABS4's suggestions.
In summary, the rear headrests can be removed if desired be to accommodate a child's car seat, luggage, etc, but it requires some fiddling as described in spijun's reply to my original post. It can be done, however, without any fancy tool--it just requires something firm that can slipped under the plastic "cap" of the left pillar (when facing the seat) of the head restraint. And the seat release needs to be pulled so the seat can angle forward to allow the headrest to clear the roof.
I had the same issue on a 2015 removing rear head rests to fold rear seats and have sufficient leg room in the front- below is picture and instructions from the manual to remove rear head rests. It suggests using the metal key but I used a plastic screw driver to avoid damage to seat fabric. There is a small plastic tab location under the trim ring that needs to be pushed in towards the head rest post.
location to insert tool to remove rear head rest. Instructions from owners manual for rear head rest removal.
Just trying to fit a child seat in my mum's 2011 q3 and after much swearing we figured out that by putting a small electricians screwdriver into the hole in the inside of the left collar you can release the post. It took some doing but you can feel the spring loaded catch inside if you push something small in. There's a small hole on the inside of other collar awqy from the one you use to release or reposition the headrest.
Just trying to fit a child seat in my mum's 2011 q3 and after much swearing we figured out that by putting a small electricians screwdriver into the hole in the inside of the left collar you can release the post. It took some doing but you can feel the spring loaded catch inside if you push something small in.
There's a small hole on the inside of other collar awqy from the one you use to release or reposition the headrest.
Wrong place, this is a forum for Q5, not for Q3
FYI these are different systems
10-02-2018, 02:22 PM
