My only major gripe about my 3rd & 4th gen is that the back seat doesn't fold! Did they get this right with the 5th gen?

Anyone have any pics of this?

Jim

 

Yup they fold down, but I find the passthrough a little oddly shaped to pass some items through....

 

I agree. Long narrow items are fine, but not larger rectangular ones.

 

i agree, the opening is not wide enough, it should be as close to being as wide as the trunk, to achieve the best functionality, i bought some wide pieces of plywood from home depot, and they didn't fit in my car i had to call my dad and have him bring his van. the boards fit in the trunk, but didn't go through the opening when i folded the seats down. nissan almost got it right, maybe next time

 

That hole is totally too small. It must be for structural rigidity or some other function. Otherwise why make it so small?

 

I can't fit anything through that hole.. I have my Stillen RSTB installed

 

When i wanted to go mountain biking i thought my maxima could handle the bikes but i turns out that once i folded down the seats i also had to press in on the schocks of the bike so the for woud fit. What a $hitty design!!!!!!

 

Well it is better than a little "ski" hole on the 4th gens right? I actually haven't had to fold down the seats yet though.

 

I find the pass-through very helpful.
I once had the child locks on the rear door and could not get out. the windows were too small to escape out of.also, I did not want to step on the leather climbing out the sun roof. Freeing myself was almost impossible!
Fearing for my life I popped the trunk button on the remote and climbed out the trunk to safety I'm eternally grateful to Nissan for equipping the maxima with an escape hatch
NO Lie!
But yeah the opening is kinda trapazoid shaped and a little awkward for " passing things through".

 

Yeah, my 2k2 has a very small opening when the seats are folded down. Especially since one of my amps is blocking one side and my sub box on the other. I guess I could squeeze my body thru in a jam!

 

I find it useful... well more useful then the 4th gen passthrough... but like others said the shape is too odd and too small.. can't really pass big box through...

 

it's only good for long narrow items..like skis..snowboards..etc...
the opening behind the seat is so short and narrow. it doesn't really yield that much more space. now that i have a sub box in the trunk, i pretty much delete that hold period.

 

after folding the back seats down, there's barely enough room to fit calista flockhart's butt nekkid body

 

That's so wrong!!!

 

My mountain bike fits easily. I take the front wheel off and the bike goes in rear wheel first through the pass-through opening.

 

The only time i have ahd to use the hole is when i had to get a 6 Foot party sub at Subway and man was that thing big.

 

i know!!! Maximas are not like that!!