Third Row Seat Fold Button Addition

[Blaclion]

Hello everyone.

My wife just recently upgraded her 2018 Expedition limited to a 2021 Expedition Platinum. One feature she was hopeful to see (but disappointed to not find) was the addition of a button or buttons in the front to fold the rear third row down without having to go to the back of the vehicle.

Has anyone experimented with adding some buttons or using some kind of code generated in the OBDII Port to fold down and up those third row seats from
The front? I’m wondering if I could just piggyback off the wiring from those buttons, and run a set of new buttons up to the column between the first and second row on the drivers side. Make them in series so that either button set would work.

thoughts? Feedback?

thanks!

 

[vincentrose]

I've thought about doing that for my 2014, but not sure where to put the buttons...lol!

 

[stimul8]

I have a 2021 Expy also. Just got it in Sept. This is just ONE of the design flaws I’ve noticed on this vehicle, but your post makes me wonder how easy it should’ve been for them to run a wire to a switch to the dash. This is something that shouldn’t have been overlooked, considering the vehicle’s price point.

Other things I’ve noticed:
* Door handle sensors don’t always work to lock/unlock the vehicle. After exiting, sometimes it won’t lock, and just wants to keep unlocking
* Seems they put just barely enough carpet, but the edges don’t tuck very well under the door sill covers. Makes me think “cheap”
* Auto start/stop feature is unpredictable. I can go through long and short drives, or the same local route to the kids’ school every day. Some days the engine will shut off at a stop, other days it won’t. This is under same temperature conditions, no A/C running, etc. that would demand extra effort from the engine.

I miss my F150. Everything in it had a purpose and worked perfectly for 10 years before I traded it in for this thing that has so many electronic features, but wasn’t well thought out or implemented well. Sigh.

 

[Motorcity muscle]

Should work but the switches would be in parallel, in series both switches would be needed to operate seats. Just noticed this is an old thread from April of '21. Were you able to make it work?

 

[Aspen03]

Our 03 navigator has this feature with buttons on the driver side in "front" of the 3rd row as well as the typical rear location and it has come in handy a few times. I've seen it on 1 other 03 expedition as well. Maybe a peek at how they did the wiring, finding a diagram would give you an idea if you haven't already found a solution.

 

[icanski2]

Try this button.

 

[Squark]

* Auto start/stop feature is unpredictable. I can go through long and short drives, or the same local route to the kids’ school every day. Some days the engine will shut off at a stop, other days it won’t. This is under same temperature conditions, no A/C running, etc. that would demand extra effort from the engine.

You can pull up the auto start/stop display in your instrument cluster and it will tell you why it's not shutting off (vehicle charging, climate control, ambient temp, etc).

Try this button.

That folds the third row headrests, but not the seats.

 

[Don Hall]

ERROR

 

[Deadman]

Just curious when you would want to fold the 3rd rows while sitting your azz in the drivers seat?

I don't haul many people in mine, so I rarely use the 3rd row seats...

 

[Rednecked]

Try this button. View attachment 71758

This button is great when your kids don’t listen. Haha

 

[99WhiteC5Coupe]

Just curious when you would want to fold the 3rd rows while sitting your azz in the drivers seat?

I don't haul many people in mine, so I rarely use the 3rd row seats...

Fold buttons on the trim panels for each side of the second row would be great - so that you could raise the third row seat from the second row, as you fold the second row seat forward to allow a passenger into the third row (I have the second row bench seat feature). This would prevent opening the hatch or hatch window glass, to use the fold buttons on the right rear.

 

[dlcorbett]

Atleast the buttons are one touch. Our armada buttons need to be held and they take 4EVER. and there's no secondary fold buttons either. GMs are the only ones that have secondary fold buttons. I'm sure those buttons will be gone soon.

 

[icanski2]

This button is great when your kids don’t listen. Haha

LOL! Ya, I couldn't remember if it folded the seat down or not. I have my battery disconnected right now while running cable for my stereo project so I couldn't test it to see what it did. My third row has been folded down since i bought it so i forgot it just did the headrests.

 

[99WhiteC5Coupe]

Atleast the buttons are one touch. Our armada buttons need to be held and they take 4EVER. and there's no secondary fold buttons either. GMs are the only ones that have secondary fold buttons. I'm sure those buttons will be gone soon.

The third-row folding seat buttons are not one-touch in my 2015 Expedition Limited.

 

[dlcorbett]

They became one touch In 2017, one year before the redesign.

 

[keny01998]

This button is great when your kids don’t listen. Haha

This button made my road trip less boring. My older kids like to sit in the third row and I usually hit it couple times during the trip.

 

[LokiWolf]

The third-row folding seat buttons are not one-touch in my 2015 Expedition Limited.

Since this is the 4th Gen area, that really has very little bearing on this conversation....

 

[LokiWolf]

Should work but the switches would be in parallel, in series both switches would be needed to operate seats. Just noticed this is an old thread from April of '21. Were you able to make it work?

It would not need to be in parallel, because the command could be sent to the module via the CANBus. Regardless, it doesn't have it. Honestly, might have been helpful like once? Maybe.

 

[dlcorbett]

True, can't think of a time when my wife and I was like, "man I need a button up a here for the seat"

 

[99WhiteC5Coupe]

Since this is the 4th Gen area, that really has very little bearing on this conversation....

You are very perspicacious!