Yaris Cross - 40/20/40 rear seat and Rubber seat backs

[CoopzSenior1962]

Don't know if anyone else has discovered, but when you have a 40/20/40 rear seat configuration and have the rubber mat seat backing, the centre section will not fold on its own due to the rubber mat not having a cut-out due to the seat catch.

It requires you to force the catch past the mat and then messing with the mat to try to get it back.

Only had the car 1 day and I can see scissors being brought into play. 

Having said that I may take the centre mat off as when you lower it as an arm rest with cup holders, you get a rubber matt instead.

 

[IT Troll]

With the pull lever it should be possible to fold it down without to much trouble. It can be a proper faff to get it back though, as demonstrated perfectly in this video (skip to 15 mins). As you said, the rubber does indeed cover the cup holders. It is just vecro’d in place though so can be peeled back (or removed completely) to reveal the cup holders.