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Old 10-14-2018, 12:58 PM   #172
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What happened to driver’s seat?
The cover pulls out and away from under the release. It's comes out a little at at a time. You can push it back it in and it looks fine, but I guess there's a point of no return...which my car passed a couple weeks ago. There have been a few threads on Camaro6.com about it. No one has reported a problem with getting a warranty replacement. One person said the dealer tried to "fix" it the first time, but when it started pulling away again the following week, they replaced it.

I've taken good looks at most of the other Camaros I've competed with this year (seven or eight?), and one of the others looked like it was doing the same and the owner of another said he gets it, too.

It seems to happen much more often to these seats with the cloth than leather, but not still not unheard of with leather. Speculation is that the failing covers are cut too short, but I'm not sure about that...

Kind of hard to see in the photo, but I also have some discoloration in the area (very whiteish like it's fading). When looking at the other seats, a couple of them had similar issues, but much less pronounced than mine. I think I figured out what that is: sunscreen.

I sit with the seat almost all the way forward, especially when autocrossing. Because of the door opening and door angle characteristics, someone as big as me sitting that far forward needs a bit of leverage to get out of the car. So, my forearm/elbow area of my left arm push against that area. I am certain sunscreen from that part of my arm is transferring to the seat.

I'm wondering if that kind of use is also part of or the reason for the covering to pull away.
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