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Anyone else notice the leather seats in Lariat trim wear poorly?

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I'm curious how many owners put things (like a wallet) in their back pocket.
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Material inside Lariat is not as good as I expected in a $80k truck. The leather looks/feels cheap, so as other materials (plastic feeling), the audio is also pretty crappy.
 

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Has anyone looked under their seat? There are six plastic clips that hold the leather to the frame. On my drivers seat all three clips on the right side where not attached to anything.

They are a PIA to get back on. I got all three back on but one came loose again almost immediately. Looks like be easiest to take the seat out and reconnect while you can see everything from underneath. That’s my next step.
I think we need to pay attention to this. I have same thing. I’ve had bigger problems than the seats, but revisited this after getting truck back. The whole right side of seat is not connected. Not sure if I should try or notify dealership.
 

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Following what @Akbrian says as well. I wonder if tightening the clips and making them stay on the bottom of the seat will fix it?
That's what I want to try, but I can't get my fat fingers in there to do it. Not really wanting to remove seat and since last time the truck went in for repair it was 35 days before I got it back. So I'm living with the wrinkle for now 😁.
 

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That's what I want to try, but I can't get my fat fingers in there to do it. Not really wanting to remove seat and since last time the truck went in for repair it was 35 days before I got it back. So I'm living with the wrinkle for now 😁.
HAHA. And I have way too many other things to do. I'll take it to service and have them do it.
 

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Is this an issue with just the 22 models? Hoping they've fixed it for the 23's as mine isn't built yet.
 

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Is this an issue with just the 22 models? Hoping they've fixed it for the 23's as mine isn't built yet.
Mine is a '22, but in the thread I think there's both.
 

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No idea and I don't think the service manager does either. It would need to be the entire seat, the bottom half, or possibly the bottom cushion in its entirety. If they just try and replace a single panel the techs would have to be doing upholstery work and that's going to go south very quickly. Similar thing but milder concern if they do the entire bottom cushion.
Welp, can't say I'm surprised.

So not only do every single one of us have this weird crease in the same location, but my replacement (which did end up being the entire seat bottom) looks worse...

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someone stood there, looked at my brand new truck, looked at that seat, looked down at the one in their hand, and then changed a visibly worse seat into my truck somehow with more creases in it than the original creased one.
 
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My cloth seat is delaminating in the same place. What gives? Passenger seat like that as well up top and no one ever really sat in it. Is this a warranty thing? Are cloth seats glued in or just covers?
 

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That's what I want to try, but I can't get my fat fingers in there to do it. Not really wanting to remove seat and since last time the truck went in for repair it was 35 days before I got it back. So I'm living with the wrinkle for now 😁.
To cure fat fingers, get yourself a set of hemostats. Very useful to have around for multiple things.

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