[lkstaack]

The left side bolster is rapidly wearing on my drivers seat. What can I do to slow the wear down?

The sport seats on my 335i have 33k miles on it, 3k are mine. My body rubs against the bolster as I sit down. When I can, I sit down on the seat with my body 90* to the front, and then slide my feet around to the front. This prevents heavy contact with the bolster, but it's a little tedious doing it.

My E46 330izhp didn't have such a pronounced bolster, hence it lasted a long time. I'm concerned that my drivers seat will have a very short life unless I do something about it now. What can I do?

[mfstrby]

The CPO car I purchased had the similar rub mark but worse than yours. It was one of the issues, I asked them to fix before delivery. It was completely gone once fixed. This is the good news. I am not sure what you can do for rubbing, maybe pull the seat a little backwards to give more space?

[beto_L.A.]

Originally Posted by lkstaack

The left side bolster is rapidly wearing on my drivers seat. What can I do to slow the wear down?

The sport seats on my 335i have 33k miles on it, 3k are mine. My body rubs against the bolster as I sit down. When I can, I sit down on the seat with my body 90* to the front, and then slide my feet around to the front. This prevents heavy contact with the bolster, but it's a little tedious doing it.

My E46 330izhp didn't have such a pronounced bolster, hence it lasted a long time. I'm concerned that my drivers seat will have a very short life unless I do something about it now. What can I do?

if you are still under warranty the dealer can fix it/replace it.
I had this happen to me twice on different cars (X3 & F36) and both times the leather was replaced, but I was under warranty.

[lkstaack]

Originally Posted by beto_L.A.

if you are still under warranty the dealer can fix it/replace it.
I had this happen to me twice on different cars (X3 & F36) and both times the leather was replaced, but I was under warranty.

Really? At that milage? My original warranty is still good until December. I'll wait a little longer. But, how do I prevent it in the future?

[YodaMan79]

Originally Posted by lkstaack

Really? At that milage? My original warranty is still good until December. I'll wait a little longer. But, how do I prevent it in the future?

At 38,000 miles I brought this same issue to my dealers attention before the original warranty was up, I was told they couldn't do anything for me. That BMW considers this wear and not a defect. I wish I had the synthetic material and not real leather. I do my best to not look at it, it drives me crazy when I do see it.

[beto_L.A.]

Originally Posted by lkstaack

Really? At that milage? My original warranty is still good until December. I'll wait a little longer. But, how do I prevent it in the future?

Once it was replaced I didn't have that problem again.

[tex2670]

Originally Posted by lkstaack

The left side bolster is rapidly wearing on my drivers seat. What can I do to slow the wear down?

The sport seats on my 335i have 33k miles on it, 3k are mine. My body rubs against the bolster as I sit down. When I can, I sit down on the seat with my body 90* to the front, and then slide my feet around to the front. This prevents heavy contact with the bolster, but it's a little tedious doing it.

My E46 330izhp didn't have such a pronounced bolster, hence it lasted a long time. I'm concerned that my drivers seat will have a very short life unless I do something about it now. What can I do?

I'd take it in under warranty and insist this is not normal wear and tear.

Originally Posted by lkstaack

Really? At that milage? My original warranty is still good until December. I'll wait a little longer. But, how do I prevent it in the future?

Waiting will not benefit you. The more time that passes, the better argument the dealer has on normal wear. And you can have a discussion with the dealer about what might happen after the warranty period--if the seats were constructed with bad leather, maybe they can make a note in your file for post-warranty claims.

[Vegetable]

Originally Posted by beto_L.A.

Once it was replaced I didn't have that problem again.

+1 Only happened with the original leather for me.. I now have 30K+ miles on the replaced leather with no signs of wear.