aquarian

I recently started noticing my driver's seat leather is a little deformed with an area that's bulging upward. In other words, the seating area is not firm like it used to be. I only have 17k miles on the A7 and the warranty will be out (will be purchasing extended warranty) this June.

Will it be covered by the factory warranty?

fkaufman

One of those gray areas. Is it a manufacturing defect, material failure or wear and tear? The answer greatly depends on your relationship with the dealership. You can also push the goodwill angle, based on your Audi loyalty.

aquarian

Ok, I guess we will see then when I bring it in for an oil change and some other small problems like:

- Steering wheel column noise (grinding noise) when turning left
- Clicking noise when the car reaches exactly 8 mph. (Not door locking)
- Blind spot assist comes on when it rains without cars.

mjm3457

Would you post a photo of your seat?

tenspeed

aquarian

fkaufman

Looks like material failure (stretching) to me.

JShepFL

Very funny!

feralc

My dealer changed the passengers cushion because it showed some weird wear but that happened in the first 12 months.
The argument on my side was that obviously the passengers wear was not normal because the drivers side didn't have it and there is always a driver but not always a passenger.
Years later after they changed the passengers I noticed the drivers side was glossy while all the other three had a matte finish, they didn't want to change it because 1 more than 12 months have passed since new and 2 they said it was me rubbing against the leather that caused the leather to shine.
I told them I could have not "polished" the whole leather evenly and that the different tone was noticeable After they escalated to Audi, Audi approved it.

Northmicha7

My 2015 a7 has the same issue. Worse on drivers side. Car was delivered in July. 7000 miles. So not even close to a normal wear issue. We will have dealer address it next time we take the car into service