Not clear, is it just wrinkled and stretched or is there something hard from under the seat pushing through?

 

Mine does that action too, but it goes away after a night. Mine has some stretch marks but goes away easily when I put some conditioner on them. So far I have 11800 miles and the seats are fine!

 

nothing hard underneath it, but it is slightly raised up. no wrinkles either.


mine does not go away. I feel that the seats should not have needed any conditioner at 2000 miles (when i noticed this). ...although i do believe in proper leather care every 6 months.

how dare you accuse me of letting one (or two) loose in my car!! ..but could it be true?

Greg

 

Are you serious? Anyhow, your post made me LMAO

 

i found a pic very similular to yours except its on a ls430

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/img_po...1&photoIndex=2

 

take it back. you dont have to call lexus corporate to take care of it. i noticed wearing on my driver's seat and my dealer has agreed to replace it. im scheduled to have it replaced this week, so ill let you guys know how it goes.

 

That just show the seat are poorly designed and poor choice of material. I mean this sort of things would not happen to a BMW, MB or and Audi. Lexus had pick the leather and cushion simply too soft for daily use. It's a shame, really. It looks great and feels great initially but it doesn't last. My last car has momo leather and after 60,000km, it never showed any wrinkle and I've only used leather conditioner once a year and my car parked outdoors daily.

 

We have 2500 miles on ours, and the leather still looks brand new.

 

I have 4700 miles on mine and the leather still looks beautiful. Granted that I'm only 100 pounds but never had any problems with Lexus leather. My former Mercedes had a crack on the leather seat after a few years of use.

 

Don't have the perforated leather BUT I have the EXACT SAME on my drivers seat. Happened about a month or so after I got it. Funny though, the passenger seat is perfect, and it has been used as much as the drivers side.

It doesn't feel like a wrinkle -- more like the under-lying foam or plastic has wrinkled or folded and caused the leather to raise. If it were the leather that wrinkled, it would feel soft when you push down on the "bubble" with your finger -- but it feel as if something undermeath it is pushing it up.

I too, went to the dealer and they said it was normal, but the salesman's car (also an IS) had PERFECT seats, and its atleast 6-8 months older than mine!

 

that car is also 4 years old!!! C'mon people, am I one of the only few with this defect?

FINALLY! someone esle has the same problem! ....just called my serrvice advisor and left a message. Let him know about this thread, and I was expecting a solution or i'd be calling corporate for resolution.

Thanks everyone for the responses.

Greg

 

I don't have the problem, Greg, but it definitely isn't normal and you definitely should get it replaced IMO.

Look at it this way (and you can toss this to the dealer): If you are leasing your car and you bring it back at the end of the lease, they're gonna look at that seat and say "not normal wear and tear" and charge you for it. So even if you're NOT leasing, the same principle applies.

Seats are not supposed to go weird like that, and they owe you another one.

 

My service advisor said no my requests for fixing my problematic leather, so it's corporate I need to talk to. Anyone have a contact or a direct number to customer service off hand?

Thx,
Greg



Update, ...found number, left info, should hear back in 2 or 3 days.

 

3500 miles.. and my leather doesnt look anythign like that =X..

hope u get it work out greg

 

The seat's appearance will continue to bother you until you know you took every possible avenue to get it changed. It doesn't matter what we think or how our seats appear. Though the average person's seat on this forum does not appear like yours, it may be normal for leather, in which imperfections/heterogeneity are intrinsic qualities.

Good luck with getting it replaced.