myTLS

Can you believe this?

I bought 2003 TLS last saturday( < 1 week) and yesterday,
I found half-inch long cut(yeah.. I can see inside the skin) on my driver seat. I didn't do anything other than placing my butt on it and leaving it for about less than 50 times so far. I don't carry anything sharp in my back pocket.

What a shame on so called "luxury-sport sedan"!
I will bring it to dealer tomorrow but I started to have bad feeling about TL. On my second look, the leather didn't look like genuine leather. Is it synthetic or leatherette what base 3-Series have? My 525 had no problem like this at all for 5 years.
I found some people hear had similar problem(incl. bubble seat).

Anyway, b careful u guys, u better sit easy and try not to twist your butt for anything.


myTLSucks.

VQ35DE

Noooooo!! Say it ain't so!!

NSXNEXT

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Any pics? Where is the cut?

Oh and you're right on the leather. It is not full leather. Leather seating surfaces. The sides and back are vinyl.

accordv6

I would think that should be covered under warranty, but I'm sorry to hear about that, I hate taking the car in for warranty related issues, I can only imagine having to do so after owning the car for one week.

this is me

yep, the quality on out leather suks!!

buble seat here!!

Stardom2k2

Will using the heated seats "weaken" or "damange" the leather?

BlackShadow

I have been sitting on and off on my seat for over 4 years now and my leather is still good.

Maybe it got caught on something? Anyways, since it is less than a week old, just take it back for replacement.

Alien

hmmm....
i find these leather seat really good, for a car this price.
but yeah this leather is **** when compare to my dad's S.

SimTypeS

Warranty.
Why even worry about it?

fasTLane

*Nothing* is immune from an occasional defect.
Case in point; airport screening, Acura trannies, NASA...

Get the Dealer to fix.

myTLS

Hmm, what about "weakening" or "damaging" the leather w/o heating? My butt is not that HOT.

Ray_Khan

I would guess the synthetic is stronger...I have it (not by choice) on my Audi and love it. Either way, sounds like a defect. Sorry you are unlucky. The TLS leather seems nicer than a lot out there that I've seen.

nym31mp

hey fastlane the NASA comment wasnt needed jokin or not as well as an the defect in the airport security im sure it was a joke but u made lite of 2 tragadies when makin a point about acura's leather just a joke yea.......but no joking matter..........just my opionion

JPTLS03

I got a serious case of bubble seat. I know its not caus I need to loose a few lbs caus the passenger seat has it too and my girlfriend is only 108lbs. Well looks like I'll have to look into a two tone interior mod

njtls

whoa...the seat arent real leather?

Black TL

I think the leather is fine compared to other cars in this price range. For those of you who have bubbled seats, I could understand how it would bubble up. The leather is tight around the foam and when you sit on it, it will stretch over time. You can't help that. I've been in 60k+ cars which had that bubble too. My leather is 4 years old and it is still perfect. It is very soft and does not have any cracks or cuts in it.

fasTLane

nym31mp-- Defects are no joking matter IMO.
No joke was intended.

nym31mp

true but comapreing a leather seat to 2 national tragidies a bit much but i understand what u were sayin no harm no foul peace

Chemmech

I had the same problem with my TL when I first got it. Anyway it was covered under the waranty. The repair took a while, like half a week. Bubled seat? Yeah I got that too, even after the leather was replaced it reaapeared. Material defect?

Pure Adrenaline

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Chemmech --

Yeah, definitely material defect. My TL-S at 3 weeks old is already bubbling up on the driver's seat. It's pissing me off. My '97 Tahoe doesn't show any signs of bubble seats.

You know... I bought this f*cking car because I trust their reputation. Within 3 weeks, what do I get? Rattles EVERYWHERE, ****ty transmission that's starting to act up with 1,300 miles, bubbled seats, crooked steering column cover, broken center console wood accent piece (the cover and the wood piece came that from the factory... so much for Quality Inspection Stations), loose speaker cover which is rattling now, by the rear window, etc.

Yeah, it looks nice and is pretty fast for a sedan and whatnot. But I didn't pay 33 grand for a piece of **** with all these problems, apparent with ONLY 1,300 MILES ON THE ODOMETER!!

F*ck Acura. The dealership I bought from has been awarded many times in the past. I don't know if they are really that good, or is good at bribing the customers. I guess we'll see when I take the car in for service in the near future.

Again, screw Acura. I thought about getting the 3.2CL Type-S, but that plan is scrapped.

this is me

lol,
i'm thinking the same too at this point.

nym31mp

hey all i must say that i do not hate the acura leather and i use the heater all the time i did however notice that on my side there are more creeces prob due to my seat bein used the most im a bit worried cause my friend has a mustang and his seat got tons of creeces in it and after awile the leather begab to peel and shed so i guess the more leather treatment the better. How often would u say u guys clean and treat the leather I was thikin like once a mounth but if i should do it more and it would help it last then im game thanx peace

kennelm

Dude!!

Have you ever heard of punctuation?

IntegraVT

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Our seats are leather-trimmed. You only need to look at them to see which pieces are vinyl and which are leather.

They're really kind of decent when compared to cars in the price range; as someone already mentioned, some of which don't even get leather standard (ES, C, etc).

VQ35DE

Got something against runon sentences, ken?? :p