Guys, ive had this brand new ES300h for a week, and the driver seat nuluxe is starting to fold/crease/bulge like this - is it normal?? PS. Im only 120lbs.

 

It looks like our 2015 NuLuxe equipped ES did at 24K miles when we traded it. So it is normal in a sense, but perhaps not at such low miles. My wife and I also both outweigh you by 40+ pounds. I don’t recall exactly when it developed that appearance in our car. It may be a bit stretchier since it’s a synthetic fabric. I personally really like the NuLuxe as it won’t develop cracks like most real leather - and it has most of the characteristics of leather. Unless it gets noticeably worse, I’m not sure I would worry about it. You can talk to the dealer but from the photograph I doubt they would do anything.

Interesting point: our 2016 Lexus NX has the same NuLuxe seat covering and at 15K miles it does NOT have that appearance.

 

Is it possible that the leatherette portion is somehow glued down to the foam underneath and that just that specific part came loose?

 

I gotta say, I don't think the seat should look like that after a week... My daughter has an NX with Nuluxe and her seats look new after 10 months...

 

I'd say it's not ideal, but within the realm of normal. Would likely be deemed wear/tear. Not everyone weighs the same and not everyone gets in and out of the car the same, nor sits the same. So it would be hard to make a defect claim. You can try though..

 

After a night of not sitting in them, they returned to normal -looking flat like other seats. It bulges up in that exact spot after sitting in them for awhile.

 

Any abnormalities in your backside? Wallet, anything bulgie?

 

nope, nothing.