Leather Question...

[Marauder]

I hardly drive my MM...only on the weekends but my driver's seat is showing quite a bit of wear....looks like older leather already. It has all those cracks in it. I condition and clean it once a month. I can only imagine if i didn't.

I have a few friend that have old BMW's, Audi's, and VW's with leather who drive them every day the leather looks a ton better than mine...i know it European but still!!!

Could this be covered by a dealer to replace? I think it looks horrible.

[FiveO]

What do you clean and condition it with?

I've used Lexol leather cleaner and conditioner on my cars for years and when I sold my 99 SHO the seats looked great.

[Marauder]

What do you clean and condition it with?

I've used Lexol leather cleaner and conditioner on my cars for years and when I sold my 99 SHO the seats looked great.

I've been using a Meguire's leather conditioner. On occassion, when I'm feeling lazt, I'll use the wipes.

[Patrick]

Tanners works good!!!

[sailsmen]

I had a 1985 Mercury that had defective leather. It was initially supple, but turned stiff and cracked.

Mercury did a recall and recovered all the seats.

Point it out to the Dealer, have them make a note in the file to preserve a warranty claim if it subsequently cracks

[Marauder]

I had a 1985 Mercury that had defective leather. It was initially supple, but turned stiff and cracked.

Mercury did a recall and recovered all the seats.

Point it out to the Dealer, have them make a note in the file to preserve a warranty claim if it subsequently cracks

I'll have to bring it one day and show them because it looks worse than my Crown vic did with more miles.

[fastblackmerc]

My '04 with 5000 miles shows some "cracks" in the leather on the drivers seat also. I use the same cleaner & conditioner that we use on our leather sofa & recliners. The sofa & recliners show almost no "cracks" and they get more "seat-time".

:stooges:

[Hawaii 5-0]

To answer the question, yes that is a warrenty item, I have a 2003 with 12700 miles and to me the drivers seat was very worn and I took it in because little black specs started to come off the leather every once and a while, the seat covers, headrest, and foam pads were repleced under warrenty... I should also say that I priced a set of covers from "The Dealer" at about $600.00 for both front and back thinking that Ford was going to give me a problem replacing the covers but they did not.... and replaced the foam and headrest as well...:cool4:

[tbore007]

i use the magquirs also and my seats look worn with the creases in them...talk to the dealer and let us know.