Seat issues

[texag]

Over the past couple months I've noticed a couple issues with my driver seat. Sometimes when my weight shifts in a turn I hear & feel a click as if the seat is a bit loose. Also I've recently noticed the leather on the side of my seat has started peeling. King Ranch with ~7k miles, a 1/4 of which were put on in a couple days on the drive back to CA after I picked up the truck in TX.
Anyone else experience similar issues?

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[allJUMPstyle]

Wow! I have a KR and this is concerning to me? Are you taking it to the dealer to see if it’s covered? I’d be interested in hearing their response.

 

[SumGuy]

The doesn’t look like leather to me. Appears to be Vinyl that is already splitting.

Do you slide in/out of the truck?

 

[texag]

Planning on taking it in this week, I’ll report back. I wouldn’t say I slide in and out. Just step out and in kind of.

 

[CnB150Lariat]

Over the past couple months I've noticed a couple issues with my driver seat. Sometimes when my weight shifts in a turn I hear & feel a click as if the seat is a bit loose. Also I've recently noticed the leather on the side of my seat has started peeling. King Ranch with ~7k miles, a 1/4 of which were put on in a couple days on the drive back to CA after I picked up the truck in TX.
Anyone else experience similar issues?

I’ve felt the clicking in the seat a handful of times on sharp turns. I adjusted the seat position by a hair and seemed to stop.

 

[sbi]

The doesn’t look like leather to me. Appears to be Vinyl that is already splitting.

Do you slide in/out of the truck?

It doesn't look like leather, but is there KR without leather?
Nonetheless, this should not happen with a 7K miles truck (I suspect it's Gen14, right? Otherwise it would probably not be in this forum).

@OP - what MY/how old is the truck? There is no Ford in your signature.

 

[RyanStroeder]

mine was clicking too, I brought it in for service and there's a TSB for that issue. they fixed it and now it's fine

 

[texag]

It doesn't look like leather, but is there KR without leather?
Nonetheless, this should not happen with a 7K miles truck (I suspect it's Gen14, right? Otherwise it would probably not be in this forum).

@OP - what MY/how old is the truck? There is no Ford in your signature.

2021, picked up back in early Sept

 

[sbi]

2021, picked up back in early Sept

Without a question this should not happen, leather or no leather.

 

[Blueshound]

That's no good, sorry to hear it. KR would be my choice of luxury trim, mostly because the leather is supposed to be superior. Currently cloth seats here (XLT 302A), no issues yet.

 

[mj1angier]

Just looked at my KR with same seats. It's happening to mine also, 11,000 miles.

Like most things, it has enough leather in the seat to be called a leather seat- the sides are vinyl

 

[SumGuy]

It doesn't look like leather, but is there KR without leather?
Nonetheless, this should not happen with a 7K miles truck (I suspect it's Gen14, right? Otherwise it would probably not be in this forum).

@OP - what MY/how old is the truck? There is no Ford in your signature.

Non-luxury brands, and even some luxury brands on their lower tier vehicles, only use leather seating surfaces and vinyl everywhere else.

Ford is definitely a non-luxury brand, and so I would assume they use vinyl everywhere they can.

 

[sbi]

Non-luxury brands, and even some luxury brands on their lower tier vehicles, only use leather seating surfaces and vinyl everywhere else.

Ford is definitely a non-luxury brand, and so I would assume they use vinyl everywhere they can.

But he said it was a King Ranch, unless I missed something.

 

[psambrose]

2021, picked up back in early Sept

That's a lot of deterioration for a 3 month old vehicle. Imagine what it will look like in a couple of years.

 

[SumGuy]

But he said it was a King Ranch, unless I missed something.

Luxury brands start at Audi, Lexus, BMW, and Mercedes. I might lump in Lincoln and Cadillac in there too. And the lower trimmed Audis are not luxury cars either. You have to go to the flagship models like the A8 to hit true luxury where they use grain matched leather for the entire cabin, for example. Lower spec’s A4s also have leather seating surfaces and vinyl everywhere else.

Ford, Chevy, Dodge, Honda, Toyota, have nicer models or trim options, but they are not luxury cars. Even a “limited” f150 is not built to anywhere near the quality standards of a Lexus or German built BMW.

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