I've had my 2013 C-Class with the Artico/Dinamica seats for about 5 weeks now.
Just general use - 5 days commuting to and from work (60 mins per day combined) plus general farting about at the weekends - I've done about 1600 miles in 5 weeks.
About 3 weeks ago I noted a small tear on the edge of the leatherette where it meets the stitching/dinamica - it's about 1cm long. This is directly under where my wallet sits in my back pocket. It's not a deep rip, just the top layer of the leatherette exposing the material it's bonded to underneath.
It's not particularly noticeable to anyone but me - but I know it's there and so am now constantly noticing it and am aware of it when I'm shifting in my seat, plus it's only going to get bigger over time.
I have a one year warranty on my car from when I bought it - my question is will this be fixable under warranty or is it just considered general wear & tear? I'd think that 5 weeks and 1600 miles isn't considered a huge amount of wear on the seats. If it is fixable under warranty, am I best waiting until near the end of the warranty to get any further ripping that might occur out of the way so it's just on larger rip rather than a small one that can re-occur once it's been fixed?
I'd post a couple of pics but don't know how to.
Cheers all.
Just general use - 5 days commuting to and from work (60 mins per day combined) plus general farting about at the weekends - I've done about 1600 miles in 5 weeks.
About 3 weeks ago I noted a small tear on the edge of the leatherette where it meets the stitching/dinamica - it's about 1cm long. This is directly under where my wallet sits in my back pocket. It's not a deep rip, just the top layer of the leatherette exposing the material it's bonded to underneath.
It's not particularly noticeable to anyone but me - but I know it's there and so am now constantly noticing it and am aware of it when I'm shifting in my seat, plus it's only going to get bigger over time.
I have a one year warranty on my car from when I bought it - my question is will this be fixable under warranty or is it just considered general wear & tear? I'd think that 5 weeks and 1600 miles isn't considered a huge amount of wear on the seats. If it is fixable under warranty, am I best waiting until near the end of the warranty to get any further ripping that might occur out of the way so it's just on larger rip rather than a small one that can re-occur once it's been fixed?
I'd post a couple of pics but don't know how to.
Cheers all.
