rfrys

Ok, I just broke 50K miles so my "fix it free" has expired with Acura. I have had them look into the seat creak, and every time I get it back they say it has been lubed and fixed. I even had them replace the entire belt buckle post. Now it's worse!!

Can anyone post the procedure to remove the front drivers seat? I would imagine it's pretty difficult because of the seat motors, but I have no clue.

I'm going to buy some felt and some silicone spray and fix it myself.

Bitium

I fixed that squeaks at 25k miles and it hasn't come back. I now have 68k miles.

Just spray wd-40 on the seat belt buckle, in the small creek where the metal moves back and forward.

rfrys

Inside the seat belt buckle where the belt clips? It squeaks when I don't have the seatbelt buckled, so it has to be either the seat springs under my butt or where the buckle post attaches to the seat.

I took off the back of the seat and that's not the source of the noise.

asif2002

I think it is the part that attaches to the seat cuz it squeaks even when it is buckled. I think maybe tigten down the screw or try WD-40.

pgarratt

Sounds like my '99. The driver's seat squeaks near the center console and the seat "rocks" on its mountings. I had the dealer (Acura Carland in Duluth GA) tighten it up before the 50K mark, but it worked loose about 3 days later. Plus they tore up my threshold plate, the rear map pocket, and every piece of plastic when they took the seat out. They fixed it for free, but what a pain - so beware when you take your seat out.

Blazin TL

i have this problem too, every time i breath i hear it, i'll try the WD

BJSTLS

If they say they have fixed it, you have that documented, and the SAME problem still persists, then why wouldn't it still be covered under warranty even if your warranty expires? The problem was never truly fixed and you have the SAME problem still. My last car had a problem that started at about 15k miles. My warranty expired at 36k miles. I still had the problem at 50k miles. I had printed work orders that said they fixed it multiple times (and others saying they did not find the problem.) My warranty was still honored (for that problem only) even after the factory warranty expired........Just a question.....maybe it's a per dealer thing, but if the problem was never truly fixed and you told them about it before the warranty expired, why isn't the warranty honored for that single problem, especially after they said they fixed it......but it was not fixed!!

2001TL4KCdude

Go to the dealer and have them fix it. mention NHTSA # SB612479. Good Luck

Make: ACURA Model: 3.2TL

Service Bulletin Number: 00014 Bulletin Sequence Number: 124 Date of Bulletin: 04/00

NHTSA Item Number: SB612497
Component: INTERIOR SYSTEMS:SEATS
Summary:
CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT ON SQUEAKS FROM THE DRIVER'S SEAT WHEN THE DRIVER MOVES IN IT, AND / OR THE SEAT CREAKS WHEN IT'S IN THE LOWEST POSITION. *TT

rfrys

Yea, I could take it BACK to the dealer AGAIN and call one of my co-workers to go out of their way and pick me up at 8:30 am and then take me back to the dealer at 5:30 to pick it up, or I could call and make an appointment for 3 weeks from now and get a loaner blah, blah, blah. It becomes such a freakin hassle, so I'll just fix it myself. At least I know it will be fixed corredtly and thoroughly.


That's only if I dont screw up the seat by trying to take it out.