Kia C'eed Front Seat Wear

AdrianC

The_Jester wrote: »

So you all think the wear is acceptable for a five year old car with 61,000 mls?

Not particularly. But it's probably no great surprise, given the brand's positioning in the market.

Bearing in mind it has a 100,000 mile and 7 year warranty on it.

A warranty which excludes wear. As every warranty does.

The_Jester

My point is everything wears but the argument is how quickly it wears.

If I bought a pair of shoes and the soles lasted three months I wouldn't just put that down to wear and tear.

It's all proportional and I wouldn't expect a five year old car seat to wear so quickly.

Sorry I didn't realise you can't view the photo. It was okay yesterday. I'll try and fix it.

motorguy

The_Jester wrote: »

My point is everything wears but the argument is how quickly it wears.

If I bought a pair of shoes and the soles lasted three months I wouldn't just put that down to wear and tear.

It's all proportional and I wouldn't expect a five year old car seat to wear so quickly.

Sorry I didn't realise you can't view the photo. It was okay yesterday. I'll try and fix it.

It sounds a lot like its to do with the particular seat height / clothes you are wearing and how you are stepping in to the car - unless you've found significant evidence that its a known issue?

I think KIA will stick by their "wear and tear" guns on this. You should be able to get a seat repair done for £50-£80 OR source a second hand seat.

AdrianC

The_Jester wrote: »

If I bought a pair of shoes and the soles lasted three months I wouldn't just put that down to wear and tear.

If you had a pair of shoes with badly worn soles, you would be unable to use the shoes.
Wear on your car seat is purely cosmetic, it doesn't affect the functionality of the car at all.

droopsnoot

The_Jester wrote: »

My point is everything wears but the argument is how quickly it wears.

If I bought a pair of shoes and the soles lasted three months I wouldn't just put that down to wear and tear.

But it's not just about how quickly it wears, that's the issue. If I buy a pair of shoes, I'd be glad to have the soles last for more than three months, but I walk quite a long way in that time. So equating wear to time isn't really appropriate.

A lot of seat wear is to the side bolsters - that's usually what goes first because it's rubbed when getting in and out, as opposed to the seat base and back which are generally just sat against. If you do a lot of short journeys in your mileage, someone who does a smaller number of long journeys would expect less wear.

topdaddy_2

droopsnoot wrote: »

But it's not just about how quickly it wears, that's the issue. If I buy a pair of shoes, I'd be glad to have the soles last for more than three months, but I walk quite a long way in that time. So equating wear to time isn't really appropriate.

A lot of seat wear is to the side bolsters - that's usually what goes first because it's rubbed when getting in and out, as opposed to the seat base and back which are generally just sat against. If you do a lot of short journeys in your mileage, someone who does a smaller number of long journeys would expect less wear.

Having seen the pics this is where the wear is. Looks slightly excessive but nothing other than wear(unless it was torn). I wouldnt be happy but also wouldnt be chasing any warrenty. Try a breakers for a newish seat.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

that's classic rubbing against the bolster to get in and out its evident from the way the cloth has worn in one single patch and also on the door rubber almost level to it I see this mainly in many ex motability vehicles where the disabled user has used the bolster and pillar to support them getting in and out of the car. but also see it where people park in tight spaces and strain to get in and out like parking in their tight garage or drive way or parking in a car park and tightly between two cars and squeezing out. there was seat on ebay for £130 free delivery same pattern and color cloth as that seat in good condition salvage.

LandyAndy

Well, it certainly looks like the effects of entering and exiting the vehicle but If my 5 year old car with average mileage had worn like that I'd be appalled. In fact I have two 5 year old cars (Mazdas) that have done 89k and 56k and the seats are in perfect condition. Not sure what you can do about it though other than try and source a replacement seat.

motorguy

The_Jester wrote: »

http://i1259.photobucket.com/albums/ii551/Argyll68/Carseat_zps1cc7b6ec.jpg


Would you expect a seat to wear like this so soon? What are my options?

TBH that looks very like whatever you're wearing is doing that as you get in and out. No way a shirt or t shirt would be causing that amount of abrasion.

Any competent car seat repair specialist could put a new piece in to that for £50ish

bigjl

I did post but it seems to have disappeared.

I agree with Motorguy.

This is caused by something catching the seat.

My wife did identical damage to her Clio in less than a month as she kept wearing her new favourite jeans with a decorative zip.

I simply bought new seats from a nearly new Clio and chucked them in.

Seats were beige. New ones are Black but with the dash top and door tops being black originally it looks factory.

This damage would have happened on any car unless fitted with leather or faux leather(vinyl)

Can see no wrong doing from Kia in refusing the claim.

A bit like saying you shoes wore out when you were using them to slid down an abrasive surface.