Recaro Seat Wear

[Dagwood]

Is anyone noticing excessive wear on their Recaro seats. I just noticed my 2012 Boss seats are already showing wear on the seat bottom surface. The threads are gone and the material is pilling. I only have 5500 miles on the car and I am in no way rough on the seats. I have not gone back to the dealer yet so I don't know what they will do or say. Just trying to find out if this is a common problem.

 

[2013Boss302]

Mine is starting to do it where my wallet is in my back pocket. Im kind of bummed about it.

edit. Mine is a 2013 with 2700 miles

 

[Dizzyscure1]

this sucks!

 

[Dagwood]

Mine is also mainly where my wallet is, or maybe that is where I pivot to bring my legs in. I'll let you know what my dealer says. I would really like ford to recognize this and provide a better more durable material for the seat surface.

 

[blackbeast12]

replace them with leather recaros....

 

[justthebest]

I'll have to keep an eye on this.

 

[Unrealford]

I know it sure doesn't look great, but I bought a cheap seat cover from Pepboys for my drivers seat,
When I get in and out of mine I hold myself up by putting my hand on door pillar and raise my butt into center of seat before I sit.

 

[Unrealford]

Here's the cover, looks like garbage, but does the trick

 

[cobrakidz]

My 2000 Cobra R seats started to wear on the bottom too. Must be a Recaro thing.

 

[2013Boss302]

replace them with leather recaros....

I dont think we should have to go to that extent. My car has less than 3000 miles and I have owned it for 6 weeks and already I am having this problem. If its that bad now what will it look like in a year or 2?

EDIT: In case people are wondering what we are talking about here is a pic of my seat. My car is still brand new I have owned it less than 2 months and it has 2700 miles on it.

 

[Dagwood]

This is some type of material defect. Even if Ford replaces the seat material it will do it again if they use the same material. Like 2011GT310 I am concerned what this will look like in a couple years.

 

[HYBRED]

Hmm, mine has like 15k miles and I haven't noticed any excessive wear. Could this be the one issue my car doesn't have??:lol::lol1::bored:

 

[Devious_Snake]

Hmm, mine has like 15k miles and I haven't noticed any excessive wear. Could this be the one issue my car doesn't have??:lol::lol1::bored:

thats cuz you only weigh like 110 lbs!!!! LOL


its cloth material...not going to be as durable as leather

 

[LostPony]

No wear on my seats at 11,500 miles. I'm also a lightweight at 145lbs.

Kat, be careful, you know your car likes to pick up new ideas from forums!

 

[03ShadowCobra]

i'm a heavy weight. 5,500 miles and mine still looks like new. strange things goin on.

edit: and I'd rather wear the seat down to the springs before putting that cover on. you don't really use that thing do you?

 

[fleshmcfilth123]

My non-Recaro cloth had that same wear at 500 miles, they were replaced at ~1200 under warranty and now with 3400 miles they're doing it again.

 

[2013Boss302]

Well its good to know that they replace them under warranty. Just hope they fix the issue so its not a repeat issue

 

[Unrealford]

i'm a heavy weight. 5,500 miles and mine still looks like new. strange things goin on.

edit: and I'd rather wear the seat down to the springs before putting that cover on. you don't really use that thing do you?

When I go to track I do, this year I kinda forgot about it. But at the track where your in and out of it like 15x a hr I definitely do. I do care about how it looks, I care about the seat.

 

[kcobra]

1000 miles on my 2013 and it's doing it on the seat back. Not impressed.

 

[DirtyDan10]

you guys spent all that money on the 302....what a few more bucks for leather? and ya thats gotta be a defect....the marauders also have that problem on the floor liner