demolition_x

it seems when ever i sit down or lean back and like push my back into the seat i get a sqeak. its starting to annoy me. when getting in and out the car or on long rides when i move around it squeaks. its not the seat belt like originally thought? any ideas i tried to get to the piviot point but couldn't figure it out.

joetroy

I just fixed mine at least temporarily. Get some wd-40 with the little straw thing attached and first put the seat back all the way back and spray the heck on both sides where the seat and seat back meet. Then put the seat back all the way up (straight) and from the rear seat spray the heck on both sides from the back. Then run the seat back back and forth all the way back then back up straight a couple of times. Also I sprayed the seat belt latch and where the seatbelt attaches to the seat.

I did that a week ago and it hasn't made a noise since. It seams to happen most when the weather changes from warm to cold or visa versa. Good luck.

demolition_x

i'll give it a whirl later. might have to get some 40 all i got is blaster i think

etxxz

yeah, WD-40 will do the trick

lnaoum

i have the same problem and it is very annoying. i cant figure out how to fix it. it doesnt squeak as much now and i think its due to the weather. i noticed that it squeaks alot when its realy warm.

b333ob

I noticed the squeaking when I first got the car and I always thought it was the passenger seat since it seemed to only happen when there were other people in too. I realized that the source of mine was the lever to adjust the lumbar support rubbing against the center console. So i changed the lever to be verticle instead and I havent had the squeak since then, kinda sucks that this happens, not sure if this was just mine or if anyone else found this too?

big mike 13

exactly where are you guys spraying? i sprayed the seatbelts and it seemed to help... but i dont know if im too fat (220 lbs)/my car is old (2002) or something is wrong with my seats, make my car sound so cheap....
and i dont see any other bolts or whatever to spray, do i ahve to remove the seat?
like when i rock side to side it creaks

demolition_x

same here i tried to get to the pivot for the back and it was all plastic around it.

joetroy

That's why you need the little straw thingy on the spray so you can stick it behind the plastic covers. Also putting the seat all the way back opens up some access spots (from the front as does putting it all the way straight up (from the back. You need the little straw thing so you can stick it into those areas without spraying stuff all over.

big mike 13

so you dont know exactly what your spraying at? i have the straw, i was just looking for exposed bolts...
can we mess up anything electronically by doing what youir doing?

MikeekiM

I bet the car has a lingering chemical/WD40 smell that lasts for a while, no?

demolition_x

yea last time i sprayed my seat belt it did for a couple days but i cleaned the leathere seats after so it smalled like that and pb blaster

joetroy

Did it about a week ago and left the windows open over night in the garage and no lingering smell and still not squeeking.
By the way if you take it to the dealer with the squeeking complaint do you think they take the seat apart?? No way. The service adisor told me that the just spray the lubricant where I mentioned with no disassembly.

big mike 13

does anyone know whats behidn the plsatic covrs? positive it wont mess up anything electrical or whatever?

MikeekiM

Better yet...anyone know how to pop the plastic covers off? Is it possible to do without breaking anything?

nathanli

I fixed my in 2 steps. First is to pull off the seat back panel and wrap the seatback tubing with some green silk (the backing material we used on the back of table lamp stand). It will solve the seatback form rubbing again the tubing. Second, buy some silicon dry-film spray from HomeDepot and spray on the hindges on both side. WD-40 works but gives a bad small and may drips to floor carpet if you overspray. no more squeak...

MikeekiM

And how did you remove the seat back? Start and the bottom and just yank? Or is it better to start at the top? Any idea how many clips there are?

Thanks!

big mike 13

mike... i think its pull out from the bottom and yank down..

big mike 13

also... check out:

http://store.acura-tl.com/faq/faq.php#10

DIY in the FAQ seciton

ou sig

or you can just adjust the back of the seat up some and leave the front part down all the way. that stops the noise for me 100%.

nathanli

That's what I did.

BIG_KOUT

I just turn the music up

tex2670

Are you sure it isn't the seatbelt? My 00 TL did the same thing when a passenger was in the car. Dealer denied hearing anything. But there was a recall for the seatbelt, and after the recall fix, it never did it again.

demolition_x

i wd 40d alot of stuff and its gone now...

Vicman17

My squeaking was actually coming from the driver side seatbelt latch, of all places. Spraying WD40 only lasted for a few weeks and the noise came back, after using a "goopier" spray like Dura-Lube, it never came back.

As far as the front seat noise there is a TSB for this.

big mike 13

what you spray besides the seatbelt?
i sprayed the seat belt and i still hav squeaks.. so cheap sounding

demolition_x

i sprayed the tracks the seat goes on, the seat belt area, inside where the latch goes, i took the back of the seat off and sprayed every metal on metal part back there, and i sprayed the sides where the seat bottom and seat back meet. you kinda got to poke a hole through the felt in that area to really get a good spray in there.

bkzjimmy

did it work??

demolition_x

yes

bkzjimmy