Ford Explorer: Paper Thin "Leather" On '03`

Do any of you have the problem with the paperthin "leather" like I have on
my '03 Mountaineer? It's especially bad on the outside driver's seat, where
you "swing" to get out. 15,000 miles/1 yr...shouldn't be this way.

A lot has to do with our expectations and a lot has to do with how we
perform simple actions. My '02 SuperCrew has quite a deep "dish" into the
seating area, offering side bolsters to reduce sliding during extreme
maneuvers. These side bolsters are mere cloth and padding on a metal frame.
If I continually slide my failing old girth across the bolster, I will
surely destroy it in short order. However, if I lift myself from the seat
and actually 'climb' out of the truck, the seat should last for several
years.

Including the current seat 'recall' (which doesn't appear to affect Canada,
as yet), all of the seat failures in any makes I have serviced can be
attributed to either careless or cavalier use or (in the case of loose
fasteners) inattention to required service.

In north america, by and large, the consensus is "if it'll move, keep
driving...... ". It is only when they absolutely wont do what they have to
do that most folks fix anything.

You see two kinds of folks on this NG..... those that look after their iron
and love it with all of it's idiosyncrasies and them other folks....


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Jim Warman
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