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Old Aug 26, 2012 | 06:43 PM
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anyone else have seats doing this?
Noticed my front seats doing this today. they are bubbling up in the creases
sorry for the crappy camera phone pics.

happening on both driver/passenger seats
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Old Aug 26, 2012 | 09:23 PM
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That's just plain weird. I'll be curious what the dealer say's is the cause.
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Old Aug 26, 2012 | 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by thomasshawn
Noticed my front seats doing this today. they are bubbling up in the creases
sorry for the crappy camera phone pics.

happening on both driver/passenger seats
VERY strange! Mine are fine.
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Old Aug 26, 2012 | 11:03 PM
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looks like a ventilation seat without the hole cut out.....same location almost
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Originally Posted by dougiebear
looks like a ventilation seat without the hole cut out.....same location almost
Anybody have a pic of a ventilation seat in that area?
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Old Aug 26, 2012 | 11:28 PM
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running it to dealer tomorrow
we'll see what they say
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they said "wow never seen that before" new seatbacks on order
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Originally Posted by thomasshawn
they said "wow never seen that before" new seatbacks on order
Fair enough. At least it will be repaired.
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It could have been caused by scented air freshener...the manual warns against using scented oils or the plastics could be permanently damaged
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