I have seen other posts awhile back but nothing recent about premature leather wear on our trucks. I am experiencing this unfortunate problem on my drivers seat, top left corner where the seams meet with just a touch over 3K on it.

Question is, if you have had this problem, was their any resolution from Ford?

Possible Replacement?
Reupholstry offered by Ford?

This sucks because this is basically the only problem that I have really had with this truck and for the hufty price tag, you wouldn't expect cheap a$$ leather.

Thanks for any and all input.


CD

 

How often do you clean/condition your leather?

Mine has 16,000 miles on it and I am about 300 pds sliding over it with no wear.

 

Conditioned it twice since I've owned it. Anymore than that I'll slide my ways out of the passenger door when I get in.

Like I said, it's is only showing wear on what looks like the hard tube like seam.

CD

 

I've got 19K-something, and the only conditioning I do is with those Meguiar leather wipes, mine still looks okay. I've seen seat covers replaced before for stitching coming apart though, only real way to find out what would happen is to run it by your friendly neighborhood stealership.

 

If I have jeans on it leaves a bluish color on my seats and looks like wear. I usually clean/condition mine every few weeks.

If you have wear with only 3000 miles try hitting the dealer up for a replacement, couldnt hurt.

 

From what I hear Ford will only replace the seat covers if there is an split in the leather. In other words you have to have littlerly worn a hole in it before they will do anything.

I am buying a new set of covers off ebay to put in the closet for later because I am sure these will split sooner rather than later. The leather in my F150 feels really soft. I wouldnt call it cheap...in fact it reminds me of the leather they put in Vettes, but soft leather doesnt hold up well. My Dodge Ram had black leather in it, but it was hard or thick or somthing (like a football) and when I traded it at 90,000 miles it really had no signs of wear at all on it.

 

dahlstrom34
Last week when I picked up my new F150 there was a customer in the dealership having exactly that problem. They told him that it was very unusual for leather seats to be showing any wear that soon. They told him they would either have his seats repaired or replaced and they put him in a new 05 F150 demo while his is being repaired. That is one reason why I am a repeat customer for my dealership in Marble Falls TX. They have always gone the extra mile. My F150 is the 4th vehicle I've purchased from them in the last 15 years. I don't know how many miles his had on it but it certainly didn't look like many.

 

dahlstrom34 -

Is it wearing on left side pad?

I've seen other trucks with this problem. Its caused by people sliding out on their butts but it shouldn't happen this soon at all. Since our seats arn't even completely leather anyways. The leather is doing its job but the vinyl isn't.

 

Use your grab handle and step bar and lift your **** up off the seat when exiting. Since these trucks sit so high, I quickly realized that I would have to step up and out if I wanted my seats to last more than a year. You have to get out of the habit of spinning and sliding out when exiting.

 

This is the worst thing that has happened to my seats. This is the drivers seat. Dealer took care of it under warranty, however did not replace the whole cover.



I agree with the above posts. Do not slide out. Use your oh chit handle and running boards if you have them.

 

Its hard not to completely slide out without having step bars. I think Im just going to start climbling out through the window.

 

My truck came in with the leather seat bottom on the drivers side damaged, Ford replaced it on warranty, and the receipt was $276.
Now my new seat seems to be getting small cracks in the corner,
will have to wait and see, or it will be going back for another cover before warranty expires.

 

i had the same problem as Zoltan, and it was the seat track behind the cover. the whole bottom cover was replaced. as far as wear, 24,000 miles have gone by, and the seats still look new. I have conditioned them a few times, not alot.

 

Thx for all the input. I'm going to take a snapshot of the wear later today, that way you guys can get an exact picture as to what I am speaking of.

Also, I'll be on the phone with my service department here shortly to schedule an appointment for this disappointment.

CD

 

HAH, that is funny! The visual image of that cracks me up!