Thought I'd make my first post for a while be an intuitive one.

the rear folding seats as I recently found out have some sort of restrictor on then so when they are folded down past a certain point they do not come back up without releasing the bolt.

easiest way to do this is to strip the boot lining out and you can see the two silver buttons/bolts that pop out. Just push them back in and the seats will then be released.

i spent a week getting stressed trying the rip the little bugger back up and in the end I stripped the car to see if anything was jammed in the mechanism, then I saw the buttons 😂