A110 "Comfort" Seat

[L1OFF]

My 25 (3.5k miles) GT comfort seats have started to get a bit "baggy", anybody else have this? is it normal?
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[fridaypassion]

Sorry to ay you have either a very bony or very fat arse

No not normal the Alpine seats are really good quality.

[carbonate]

L1OFF said:

My 25 (3.5k miles) GT comfort seats have started to get a bit "baggy", anybody else have this? is it normal?
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My 2025 (7k miles) has also started to do this. My car is due in for it's first service next month, and I think I'll mention it when it goes in, as it doesn't seem like it should be happening it so quickly.

[L1OFF]

carbonate said:

My 2025 (7k miles) has also started to do this. My car is due in for it's first service next month, and I think I'll mention it when it goes in, as it doesn't seem like it should be happening it so quickly.

Is yours similar to mine (car seat not arse ) Can you update how you get on at the dealers?

[L1OFF]

fridaypassion said:

Sorry to ay you have either a very bony or very fat arse

No not normal the Alpine seats are really good quality.

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I didn't have any issues with the 911 or current daily Volvo although being 70 my wife did mention a while ago that I dont appear to have an arse anymore.

[kdempsie]

I had exactly the same thing on my previous Alpine A110 GT. I read somewhere on the Pistonheads forum that it was an issue others had experienced and would probably go away after a wee while - which is exactly what happened.

Hopefully the same will happen to yours.

Edited by kdempsie on Friday 27th February 22:54

[carbonate]

L1OFF said:

Is yours similar to mine (car seat not arse ) Can you update how you get on at the dealers?

Yes, pretty much the same as yours from the look of it.
It’s not for a few weeks yet, but I’ll update here after.

[Stablinski]

Mine is exactly the same. 73 plate GT with 14000 miles but been like this for a while.

The only reason I haven’t had it and a few other warranty items seen to is because Alpine Manchester (certainly prior to moving site) were literally impossible to get hold of, and never returned calls.

[Maxym]

I think mine is going that way after 4,000 miles. I will consider it as ‘character’ and live with it unless it starts to look really shabby.

[L1OFF]

Mine is due its first service in May so I will mention the seat issue to the dealer (Martins Winchester).

[MaFue]

Is this not due to the heated seat element? warming the leather up will make it more supple so if someone is sitting in it at the time then it will stretch.

Doesn't happen in the unheated buckets. But then they're not leather..

How would stiff new leather shoes wear in to be more comfy if they didn't stretch a little?

Edited by MaFue on Tuesday 3rd March 09:22

[S600BSB]

Glad to say that mine (11k) are still tight!

Edited by S600BSB on Tuesday 3rd March 18:00

[Naturally_aspirated]

I think most leather seats suffer this eventually so I treat it as showing character.

I’ve used a hot and damp cloth on BMW seats before to use a bit of heat to help tighten the leather up a bit and lessen the sagging. Worth a try if out of warranty.

[Rob_RCF]

L1OFF said:

My 25 (3.5k miles) GT comfort seats have started to get a bit "baggy", anybody else have this? is it normal?
Photo...

Mine looks exactly the same. I'm on about 18k miles, but it happened sooner.

I think most leather seats are going to wear a bit, even if you're careful. The Lexus RC F I had before had much more "sculpted" leather seats which didn't suffer from this baggy effect, but did wear more on the bolsters. But that was also more of a luxury car.

[carbonate]

L1OFF said:

Is yours similar to mine (car seat not arse ) Can you update how you get on at the dealers?

Update after visiting the dealer for the car's first service - the dealer agreed it wasn't correct for it to be like this for the age and mileage.
A new seat base has been ordered (the comfort seats are made of two parts, so only the base needs replacing). It's on back order, so no ETA yet, but they'll let me know asap (I'm not in any rush, but do want it sorted).

[L1OFF]

carbonate said:

Update after visiting the dealer for the car's first service - the dealer agreed it wasn't correct for it to be like this for the age and mileage.
A new seat base has been ordered (the comfort seats are made of two parts, so only the base needs replacing). It's on back order, so no ETA yet, but they'll let me know asap (I'm not in any rush, but do want it sorted).

Thank you for the update