I'm soo pissed off right now... cuz the drivers seat leather melted right where my butt goes.... how the hell did this happen? I have no clue, I noticed when I was about to clean the interior. I didn't put any hot things on it and no my farts wont melt the leather

:'( :'(

I got some pics... take a look at it... I need help guys!

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holy shit thats fukin crazyyyy, maybe warranty can cover it/!?!?

 

Did you have some sort of chemical on your pants when you sat down, maybe? Sorry to see this!

 

I am utterly flabbergasted

 

No I dont think there was any chemicals on my pants but I did have a friend with me and he did drive my car for few minutes and later on sat in passenger seat and passenger seat is fine.

 

any suggestion guys how to get that fixed? I know my dealer wont do shit!

 

Was there some malfunction with the seat heaters? Was your seat warm?

 

looks like somebody with a heated object in their back pocket sat down in your seat, humm? this aint no warranty question i assume! do you see any dark burned glass like in the rug area? the 2004 tl has this problem in some areas.

 

no burned glass in rug area.....

 

nope didnt noticed anything warm or hot... Like I said before, saw that when I was about to clean the interior

 

Did you put any glass objects (water bottle?) in this seat? Many moons ago, when I was first driving, my dad found some burn marks in his car. Boy was he PO'd. He was *sure* I had friends in there smoking when I borrowed his car (I don't think he understood that you would smell it if anyone was smoking). Several months later I saw a glass watter bottle in the back seat, and it was reflecting the light (like a magnifying glass) right onto the burn marks. He never really apologized for that.

--Mark

 

No man there was nothing on the seat. btw where is the heater under that seat that heats the seat?

 

anybody know how can i get that fixed?

 

Pics are not showing up... Without seeing it, I would probably say that the seat heater freaked out some how. Like a remote control car low on battery too far away from you.. goes faster somehow than it ever did before and hooks into the curb

 

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Sorry, I read it fast and did not see that in your first post.

Doesn't look like the seat heater caused that. Looks like acid or something. I think the heating element for the seats would have burned a whole all the way though by the time you are able to notice it from the outside of the seat.

 

That is nasty. Where on the seat is it? Is it in the center, side? If know more we can guess something. For now it looks like something have scratched it. Were you caryying in tools in your back pocket or something? I think the only thing viable is to change the fabric. I'm sure dealer can change just one piece. Back or seat whatever that is.

 

its right in center or lil bit to left.... I dont care anything in my back pockets except my wallet and that would be in rear right pocket

 

dude, it looks like something peirced it also, so my guess is that someone had a sharp object or rough object in their back pocket or something, those are scratches not melting....

 

Jatt, do you remember keeping any hot beverage like coffee on the seat while you got in or out? Or rested some hot container there? It looks melted.

 

I would have gone with the "HOT FART" theory but you've already ruled that out. I have no clue what would do that to leather. When out 99' TL got broken into, the glass cut the seat. University Acura knows of some guy that repairs leather. It repaired the cut but I can see where it's repaired. I don't know if the repair or that melt mark would be worse.

 

no I dont put anything on seats except my butt but here is another pic

http://acura-tl.hytekhosting.com/uploaded/IMG_0610.JPG

 

you were probably wearing some jeans with metal binds on them, eh??? Like some levis or some shit, maybe they got hot and while you drive they kept rubbing????

 

yo indo lol keep the whoring in rambling but now u want me to take the pic of my jeans :sqnteek:

 

how are evenings in Fresno, if it gets cold where it warrants the use of the heated seats, just take it to the dealer, and tell them this is what the hell happened...

it was cold at night, so you turned on your heated seats, after 10-15 mins, that shit got really hot, and you turned that shit off and pulled over cause of the pain to your ass, tell them you looked at the seat and thats what it looked like.... blame is on heated seat malfunction and their asses (no pun intended) should fix it faster than you can say lawsuit

 

Finally a desi bro comes out and helps another desi bro I will do that sir... oh ya and we need u over @ rambling

 

desi's have a BS in BS

 

Pics aren't working for me.

 

That last pic looks suspicious. What's going on with that squarish lump under where the damage is?

There's something under the seat surface that is somehow involved in this, and I have to go with the seat heaters, too. You know, there could be a short that would affect only a small area like this and not the whole seat. Time to go to the dealer ...

Mike

 

Can leather melt? Looks more like a scrape or sandpaper but I didn't think you could melt leather.

 

that sucks bro. it can't hurt to take it to the dealer, cuz that def should not be happening.

 

That looks like melting to me. Take it to the dealer and you should be able to have it fix without any cost to you with no problem.

 

^ aight thanx guys, I'll try to take it to dealer ASAP

 

Definitely looks like a defect in the material. Dealer ought to replace it without issue.

 

That looks like mechanical damage to me, but if it was just your friend's butt, he has the worst case of Swamp Ass I have ever seen!!!

 

I think JATT did this on purpose so he'd have something interesting to post.

 

Definitely looks like mechanical or heat damage to the seat and also there seems to be some kind of small object under the seat that has formed an indentation... Jatt let us know what you find out was the cause of this damage...

 

ok smart ass "powerful n00b" Why teh fuck do u think i wanna do that the leather? :sqntfawk:

 

Yes sure i'll keep ya guys updated

 

You didn't have burritos from some place like Taco Bell for lunch did you? That'll do it everytime... voids the warranty, too.