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Seat cracking

Old 03-11-16, 12:18 PM
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Default Seat cracking

Hey everyone, My seats started cracking and i was wondering if there is anything I can buy to treat/fix/prevent this? Can this be covered under warranty? I'm at 22K on miles


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Old 03-11-16, 01:20 PM
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Interesting - I just noticed something similar yesterday, looks like part of that thin leather covering has flaked off (maybe it cracked first like yours and I didn't notice right away). These things can't be considered normal wear and tear after less than two years right?? I'm hoping for warranty work.

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WOW, gonna go check mine today after work.
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Is that leather or nuxule?
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I pointed this out to my service manager a couple weeks ago and they sent pictures to corp. Have not heard anything back yet...

Asked the same question a while ago.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...-cracking.html
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Originally Posted by Noeh
Is that leather or nuxule?
Very good question, I would like to know too.
Old 03-11-16, 04:16 PM
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The red one is definitely NuLuxe, the black one in the first post looks like an F Sport seat so that would make it NuLuxe as well.
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Originally Posted by Onz
Interesting - I just noticed something similar yesterday, looks like part of that thin leather covering has flaked off (maybe it cracked first like yours and I didn't notice right away). These things can't be considered normal wear and tear after less than two years right?? I'm hoping for warranty work.


Looks like you also have that notorious crease on the bottom portion of the seat.
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I'll be taking my car to Lexus of Orlando maybe Monday, I'll definitely keep you guys updated with what they can do
Old 03-12-16, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Chrispies
Looks like you also have that notorious crease on the bottom portion of the seat.
That looks terrible have them replace the whole seat
Old 03-12-16, 11:23 PM
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How old are your cars??

Fck I didn't know the quality of these seats can be this bad... I knew it was fake leather, so I assume it wouldn't crack like real leather..
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Mine has some slightly bubbling in some corner. If it tears up like this I will complain to dealer for sure. This is not normal wear.
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Originally Posted by nathantse
How old are your cars??

Fck I didn't know the quality of these seats can be this bad... I knew it was fake leather, so I assume it wouldn't crack like real leather..
My car is 2014, 22k miles
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Originally Posted by nathantse
so I assume it wouldn't crack like real leather..
I never had cracking leather in my 1999 BMW 528i, the car has over 200K miles. I also own 2001 BMW Z3 with leather - again no cracking. You get some blemishes, some indications of wear but no separation, no gaps, no holes, no rips. I actually like the aging process of real leather. I am glad I ordered my IS 350 with real leather.

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Originally Posted by nathantse
How old are your cars??

Fck I didn't know the quality of these seats can be this bad... I knew it was fake leather, so I assume it wouldn't crack like real leather..
2014 25K miles.

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