Seat Bolsters Cracking

[andycalvia]

Anyone else had an issue with their seat bolsters cracking. My car is a 2021 with 67,000 miles and they are cracking pretty badly.

I live in the west coast of Scotland so it's definitely not sun related. Has anyone had similar issues? Never experienced this on a car before.

 

[Seriously?]

Wow that's bad
There have been issues in the past with certain seats in MK3 Leon Cupras, but I'm not sure there have been any reports here so far for the MK4
Hope you can get it sorted, but I'm afraid I can already hear the dealership saying "Ah, but you've sat in it...it's wear and tear Sir"

 

[andycalvia]

Wow that's bad
There have been issues in the past with certain seats in MK3 Leon Cupras, but I'm not sure there have been any reports here so far for the MK4
Hope you can get it sorted, but I'm afraid I can already hear the dealership saying "Ah, but you've sat in it...it's wear and tear Sir"

Yeah i can also hear the dealer saying about 'wear and tear' despite it never been an issue in other cars I've had. Even when I lived in Spain.

I've been quoted about £160 by a local car trim guy to replace it, not sure if that's a good price or not but it didn't seem unreasonable.

Just frustrating that it will probably be slightly off colour compared to the rest

 

[tracktoy]

Well if you check out ebay MK4 Front seats are going for anything between 200 - 300 but obviously the issue is you have to one that is the correct color for your car.

 

[James_R]

Seat coverings are wear and tear...