Seat damage to lease car

sirgadabout

Hi, We managed to put a hole through our friends brand new Mazda 3 rear leather seat when fitting a car seat. It’s a lease car so the repair will need to be of a high standard but they are being quoted £1100+VAT+fitting from Mazda to replace the seat. Does anyone have any advice for how to get this repaired for less or know how the lease company is likely to treat this when the car is returned in 3 years? Is there any course of action we can follow with Mazda to question the quality of the leather as it really shouldn’t have just ripped so easily, there were no sharp points or excessive force. The hole is right in the middle of the leather seat pad.

missile

Mental note to refuse to let a friend fit a child seat in my car.

chrisw

Contact a vehicle trimmer or leather seat repairer for advice and a quote. Many are mobile and will give a no fee estimate. Here's an example of one such company but I have no experience of their work in particular:-

http://www.carseatrepair.co.uk/28801.html

loskie

see if you can get a replacement from a breakers yard

markudman

where in the country are you?

sirgadabout

They’re in hartlepool and we’re in Manchester and they visit us regularly so either area.
It’s a brand new model so I don’t think we’d find a match in a breakers yard unfortunately.