Zippered Seat Pocket-Open at the Bottom?

[Thelawgiver]

All:

Took my Badlands on its first family trip to Yellowstone/Grand Teton and it performed just fine. Hours of driving across Nevada at 80 MPH in 104 degree heat with AC blowing. No issues and water temperature stayed right in the middle.

However, this was the first time to use the zippered back on the back of the driver's seat and we noticed that the bottom was not completely sewn. About 6" in the middle is not sewn and small items fell through and way down under the seat. Anyone know if this is a defect or something intentional to allow for longer items? I can't find an answer and the national Ford Customer Service line just said to go see a dealer. By the way the pouch on the passenger seat is fully sewn shut on the bottom. I'd appreciate any answer and/or how to get Ford's attention to resolve.

Thanks.

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[SunZmSpark]

Both of mine are closed at the bottom. Sounds like a production issue.

 

[13MikeH]

All:

Took my Badlands on its first family trip to Yellowstone/Grand Teton and it performed just fine. Hours of driving across Nevada at 80 MPH in 104 degree heat with AC blowing. No issues and water temperature stayed right in the middle.

However, this was the first time to use the zippered back on the back of the driver's seat and we noticed that the bottom was not completely sewn. About 6" in the middle is not sewn and small items fell through and way down under the seat. Anyone know if this is a defect or something intentional to allow for longer items? I can't find an answer and the national Ford Customer Service line just said to go see a dealer. By the way the pouch on the passenger seat is fully sewn shut on the bottom. I'd appreciate any answer and/or how to get Ford's attention to resolve.

Thanks.

Want the best solution? Grab a needle and thread and stitch the last six inches. Trust me on this.

 

[Thelawgiver]

Want the best solution? Grab a needle and thread and stitch the last six inches. Trust me on this.

I hear ya. That is what I am thinking. The seat is very sold otherwise and I'd like to avoid some service department tearing it all down and poorly re-assembling just for this minor fix.

 

[Martinjv71]

or maybe don't force something in to burst the stitching.

 

[13MikeH]

I hear ya. That is what I am thinking. The seat is very sold otherwise and I'd like to avoid some service department tearing it all down and poorly re-assembling just for this minor fix.

Yep sucks that there is a seam opened but for the money and minor effort to fix it, likely easier DIY saving time and issues. Now if you had other service needed it might be worth throwing that in..but a couple whip stitches and it's likely done.

 

[Glamdring70]

The seat cover is just a part #. Maybe show it to the dealer and see if they'll order one on warranty. Best case, you can self remedy it. Worst case is you live with it, but have a spare factory seat cover to put on in the future. If you look under the seat, you'll see it's just a cover held on by elastic and a few pop off trim pieces to get it removed.

 

[Thelawgiver]

Update. Showed to dealer on first maintenance. They ordered and replaced seat cover top per defect-no charge. No heartburn.

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