If you so rarely use the seat for passengers, why not fold down the rear seat? problem solved -- headrest will be out of the way. if you need the seat up, it goes up easily and latches securely in about 3 seconds.This one is driving me crazy. I don't frequently take passengers in the back seat so I saw no need for the nicer bucket seats in the back. Now I'm regretting that decision simply because I have terrible vision with that center seat headrest blocking what seems like 1/3 of my window. The number of times I will probably drive a 5th passenger in my car is next to 1 per year, tops...