How to fix wrinkles of front seat leather?
09-19-2005, 12:34 PM
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yes - me too. I keep meaning to ask my SA since my impression is that the leather is "loose" and should not wrinkle in this way.
09-22-2005, 07:40 AM
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My Ride: [i][b][u]Since 19 august 2004[/u][/b][/i]: [color=red][b]530i[/b] High Executive[/color], Silvergray with beige interior, Popular wood, Servotronic, Sportssuspension, electric foldable and dimmed mirrors, dimmed interior mirror, pappelmaser braun wood, cupholders, styling 123 18" wheels, Logic 7, Steptronic, alarm class 3, electric sunscreen in the rear and suncreens for sidewindows, Comfort seats, heated seats, Xenon with headlightwashers, Adaptive corner lights ALC, Advanced airconditioning, lightpackage, Nav Pro, 6 cd changer, side airbags rearseats, bluetooth siemens S55, chrome kidneys, gearlever with wood, voice recognition retrofit, front windshield with green band.
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I have the same thing and since I have a beige interiour I also get colour difference where the leather is wrinkled (lighter stripes underneath the wrinkle).
01-08-2006, 01:32 PM
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I was having the same problem with my drivers side seat as well. I took it in, and the seat bottom leather was replaced under warranty without hesitation. The seat looked great when I got it back the next day. My advisor also said that it looked like it was starting to happen to the rear seats as well, and to bring it back if I wanted them replaced as well. Sounded like this was not an isolated situation.
01-11-2006, 02:46 AM
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I believe its a wear and tear issue. Just like a person's skin it gets 'loose' when he ages. Furthermore the seats are subjected to your asses sliding in and out every other day, which increases the rate of wearing and tearing. Its a bonus if your dealership is willing to replace it under warrenty.
01-11-2006, 03:00 AM
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Originally Posted by khl' post='172425' date='Sep 19 2005, 03:23 PM
After 1 1/2 years of driving, the front seats (especially driver's) start to accumulate "wrinkles". Is there anyway to fix them?
-khl
-khl
01-11-2006, 12:51 PM
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totaly same thing here. Never appeared on our VW Touareg even after 3 years. I guess cutting costs here 
- cheaper leather 
- cheaper leather
02-12-2006, 06:29 AM
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Originally Posted by russo' post='222628' date='Jan 11 2006, 11:46 AM
I believe its a wear and tear issue. Just like a person's skin it gets 'loose' when he ages. Furthermore the seats are subjected to your asses sliding in and out every other day, which increases the rate of wearing and tearing. Its a bonus if your dealership is willing to replace it under warrenty.
02-28-2006, 05:22 PM
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For those of you who had the dealer replace the seats/leather, can you please let us know which dealers they were? My dealer, Global Imports BMW in ATL won't do a thing for me :thumbsdown: