I was folding my 2nd row of seats forward, but they were too bulky to fold down flat, they were up at maybe a 15% angle. Are the seat bottoms supposed to be removed so that the back will fold down flat?

I have leather seats, if that makes a difference.

If the front seats aren't tilted or moved forward enough, the rear seat bottom cannot be raised to perpendicular, allowing the rear seat back to fold flat.

Either move the front seats up, or remove the rear seat bottom cushion. Either way, I suggest putting a piece of padding or cloth (or anything tough but non-abrasive) on the hook that protrudes when the rear seat bottom is raised up.

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This weekend I was looking more at the backseats and noticed the black loops on either end. Pulling up on that brought up the bottom of the back seat, from the back to the front, which allowed the back to lay down flat, giving me a flat cargo area.

So...

If you have a 945, you can tilt the bottom of the back seat up, from back to front, allowing the back of the back seat to lay down flat. Pull on the black loop at the end of the bottom of the back seats to do this.