Maserati Levante 2021 Owner's Manual page 58

Understanding the Vehicle
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• remove boot cover from the vehicle.
The two parts of boot cover can be
folded one onto the other for a more
compact unit.
WARNING!
Driving with no boot cover could
be dangerous. Any unfastened
luggage or objects could move into
the passenger compartment in case of
sudden stop or collision and seriously
injure the occupants. You can try to
prevent this by using the Cargo Net in
the boot compartment.
When refitting the boot cover,
perform the same operations in
reverse order.
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WARNING!
After refitting the boot cover, make
sure that the lower ends of the
inner part have properly engaged in
their guides. If cover is not properly
positioned and fastened, in case
of unexpected stop or collision it
could move and seriously injure the
passengers in the rear seats.
Cargo Area Extension
The following procedure is aimed
at obtaining the maximum possible
extension of the cargo area, and it can
be only a partial extension if you carry
out only a few of the listed operations.
• Remove the boot cover as indicated
under "Boot compartment cover" in
this chapter.
• Completely lower the head restraints
of rear seats ( : chapter "Head
Restraints" in section "Safety").
• On the long part (60) of the backrest
place the central head restraint in the
position of use indicated on the label
applied on the fixed side windows
( : chapter "Head Restraints" in
section "Safety").
• Completely fold down the rear seats
backrests by lifting the lever to
position 1 and hold it up.
• Release the lever when seatback is
against the seat: the control cable
will click into place and lock.
• In this position, push down on the
seatback of the long part (60): the
control cable will click into place and
lock.
Now that seatbacks are folded down,
boot floor and the back panels of
seatbacks will form a larger flat floor.