My car has about 9800 miles on it and the driver's seat is already cracking on the butt part of the seat. It came like that when I got the car from a private party (at about 5600 miles). I used leather cleaner and other stuff to treat it, but it is still like that. It wasn't a cut it in the leather because the guy said there was no damage to it, it just started cracking. Is this under warranty?

 

Nissan Leather sucks

 

yea nissan leather suc's just like there paint.. I'm not to sure but i think it is under warranty.. try give'n a call to a local nissan dealership and check it out...

 

Sorry but Nissan Leather does not suck. It is one of the best I have been in and the softest. If you take care of it right, it will not crack.

My car is 8 months old, and 11k, the driver seat holding my 190lb ***, hasn't even shown a sign of wear. But I used conditioner at least every 2 months on it to keep it nice, soft and conditioned.

BMW Leather sucks now. I have seen it, and already see alot of new cars tearing.

 

I am not going to argue with you.. nissan leather sucks and its uncomfortable..

when the 95 Maxima first came out one if the biggest problems was that in the car with leather.. after driving for 2 hours it was very uncomfortable.. ask Medic to show you pics of his cracking leather..

like i said before.. Nissan leather sucks

go sit in a TL or a CL and you will know what nice leather is like

 

Okay, well on 2000+ Maximas the Leather is at least 100% better than the 4th gen leather. I agree. I have seena lot of 4th gens leather have issues, but the 5th gen leather is much better made.

Sorry but Acura leather is worse. Go to there site, they have so many complaints on tears. I even know a friends dads TL was less than 6 months old and he had to have the back seat replaced already because it was tearing, and they don't have kids.

 

the poster of this thread owns a 5th Gen

on the TL i was talking about comfort

 

So do you guys think Nissan will replace the seat?

 

I believe the topic was not regarding comfort. But quality of the leather. As long as you take care of your leather the proper way, it will last. People who do not take care of it, and do not have good tint or put a sunshade up to keep the sun off the seats, it will crack. All leather will crack.

The Acura seats are defintely more comfortable, but the leather is not as nice. They use ALOT of vinyl, basically 75% of the seats are vinyl, and the rest is leather. The part that is leather is where your butt sits in the middle, and the middle back, the sides, etc are all vinyl. I got this off there forum here:

http://www.acura-tl.com/forum/showth...hlight=leather

 

Depends, if its a wear crack, and you have low miles, they might replace it because it shouldn't wear that fast. But it is really hard to say....they will ask you if you use conditioner, you better say yes, if you don't they won't warranty it.

Make sure you use conditioner at least every 2 months on your car seats and they will be soft, comfortable, and not tear or crack.

I learned alot of this stuff from friends that are professional detailers...people wonder why my car always looks new.

 

I always heard that Japanese leather in general is crappy and very thin. So I went for the GXE and got aftermarket leather in the brownish orange color I wanted and the hardness of the seat I wanted.
GXE!

 

Nissan changed their supplier for leather this year. Hopefully that will improve things.

 

gracias Pablo .. mi amigo

 

do u own a BMW now? how do u know it sucks? so are you there with the owner watching them doing the conditioner every 2 months?

ANY leather can crack if it's not treated correctly. it's funny how u think everything on YOUR car is the best in the world. next thing i'll read is you saying that leather on recaro seats sucks too right? or the leather in a porsche sucks?

give me a f-ing break russ!!!

Russ my sig pic is deciated to you...and i don't mean the BMW one either.

 

The 5th Gen is the best car every made.. didn't you know that dan?

 

Like I said, I have friends that are professional detailers, and I alos have a friend that works at a body shop. He knows many people who take care of their cars and take care of the leather, and BMW is just one of the worst for it. That's now I know it sucks, I even saw one.

 

No, its Sprint's car is the fastest and best car every made period. And sprint is the king of knowledge!

 

Lo siento mucho, soy gringo.

 

Stop parking in the sun!

 

Damn, what a deal the Maxima is...better in every when compared to a BMW. You get what you pay for, always.

It is one of the best and softest you've sat on compared to what? A Camaro?

So in your case, the Maxima has great leather (because you care for it) and that this BMW's (what model, what yr?) leather sucks. How much care was put into the care of the BMW's leather?

 

I have a garage.

Ok, this thread is getting out of hand now. I know you guys have had your differences on topics, but let's just try and be helpful to other people, not put them down.

 

To answer the first post, you must use leather conditioner before cleaning it with leather cleaner. Before you use leather cleaner, you must clean the surface with a damp cloth and dry it. The surface must be free of dirt before being cleaned with leather cleaner.

Second, you cannot use leather cleaner too often and not use the conditioner.

 

328 loaded with black leather, at my friends body shop. It only had 8k of miles. He owns the bodyshop as well he said bmw is hte worst he has seen as well.

 

me, 4th gen, 1997, tan leather, 50000 miles, no cracks, used leather cleaner maybe 2 times

 

Yeah Ditto VQRacer.. 130k km's, 1997, used conditioner/cleaner like 2-3x, detailed 2x, 0 cracks/rips, except on the passenger door where some dumb**** friend closed the door on his seatbelt like 4x.

 

I need to get my oil changed, so I will go to the dealer and have them check out the seat, plus the trunk lid TSB, and some rattles in the dash on the passenger side.

 

Zanio, who makes the best car "wax" in the world, also makes a great leather conditioner. I have been using it on my 2000 I30 since new and apply it 4x a year. It protects and keeps it soft.
http://www.zainobros.com/

STEVE

 

so u have friends that said it's bad. like i said...did u witness someone taking care of their car..using conditioner every 2 months..or not. so i can easilly said that i know professional detailers myself and also know the owners of them and the leather in their BMW is holding up fine.

 

Okay, just like ours is holding fine as well. So that does not make ours any worse than theirs.

 

so it's all about MAINTEANCE! not the quality of the leather. u take care of it, it'll last...if u abuse it, it will fall apart.

 

I guess that makes him a leather specialist.

It so happens that you've given one example of crappy BMW leather to the initial post of a Maxima with crappy leather.
How about other cars, other than BMW? I guess Rolls-Royce must have the worst leather.

 

Which refutes Russ's claim that BMW is crappy!

 

russ, leather or leatherette?

 

I'm sure that the type of climate you guys live in also is a factor. Dry climates parch leather faster, whereas humid climates have leather retain more moisture over a longer period. I don't know if this is true, but just a thought.

 

Loose some weight man Just kidding with ya'. Sorry to here that guy. I hope my leather from Leatherseats.com don't crack.

 

exactly.. the 3 series comes with both.. and even still.. the leather in the 5 series is far superior to the 3 series

 

how much was ur leather, and how much did u pay for install?I may be buyin a gxe too to save some$$$

 

Russ how do you know that BMW leather sucks. Have you ever owned a BMW product? I have owned 2 and can say that the leather doesnt suck and is top notch. You need to get it into your head that the Maxima isnt gods gift to the automotive world. There are a lot of other cars out there that are much better than our Maximas. BTW, Maxima leather is average at best. Go look at a Mercedes or Jaguar and you will get a taste of quality leather

 

No you need to get it into your head that I stated my opinion. And I never said the Maxima was gods gift, so shut the hell up. I would still own a BMW over the Maxima if I can afford it, but I can't for the model I want. Like I said, I do not own one, but I know a few that due, and have seen many with issues on the seats and leather. Don't give me the crap about the leather is better just because you have owned a few. Read the bmw boards, they are complaining about the leather too, we rarely do, so that must be a reason for that.

 

Well guys, after returning from the dealer, they won't do anything about it because it isn't the leather cracking. It must have been a cut from the previous owner's pants or something. I tried though. They also fixed the rattling in the dash and they are going to fix the truck lid/bumper TSB. They have to order the parts for it first.