Leather seats flaking before first oil change

[IndyBronco]

Well I haven’t even had my first oil change and I just noticed the past couple days that my seats are already starting to flake on the leather. The leather seats seem to be wrinkling on the inner leather section which looks to be a different shade and texture of leather than the outside portion. This is the driver side closest to the door which is where I get in and out of the vehicle.
I have seen in another thread someone also talking about some leather flaking on their bronco as well. With almost all my vehicles having leather I have never seen this type of issue especially before 5,000 miles.
I have just schedule an oil change and tire rotation and informed the dealership that they need to inspect the seats. The side closest to the door seems to be wrinkled a lot more and is where the issue is occurring. My bronco is garage kept and is just now only hitting three months old.
attaching two photos including the stitch line where you can see two spots that look to be starting to flaking, the back portion of my seat which is wrinkling a lot with flaking.

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[Gizmo]

Well I haven’t even had my first oil change and I just noticed the past couple days that my seats are already starting to flake on the leather. The leather seats seem to be wrinkling on the inner leather section which looks to be a different shade and texture of leather than the outside portion. This is the driver side closest to the door which is where I get in and out of the vehicle.
I have seen in another thread someone also talking about some leather flaking on their bronco as well. With almost all my vehicles having leather I have never seen this type of issue especially before 5,000 miles.
I have just schedule an oil change and tire rotation and informed the dealership that they need to inspect the seats. The side closest to the door seems to be wrinkled a lot more and is where the issue is occurring. My bronco is garage kept and is just now only hitting three months old.
attaching two photos including the stitch line where you can see two spots that look to be starting to flaking, the back portion of my seat which is wrinkling a lot with flaking.

That looks like it would have had 150K miles on that seat-ouch

 

[greenmachine343]

glad i got the plastic seats

 

[cowman]

Should have changed the oil sooner..... sorry could not help myself...

 

[SCBronco1]

This really sucks. I know that Ford is in the money making business and that getting cost effective materials help to keep down their cost of goods. But holy cow (pun not intended), does everything in the Bronco have to be from the lowest bidder?

I never like to buy first model year on a new/redesigned vehicle because of growing pains, but these growing pains for the Bronco have been going on for awhile now. I hope that Mr. Halliburton can get QC under control sooner rather then later.

 

[Dzrt1st]

You didn’t happen to wax them did you?

 

[Deleted member 32220]

Be thankful you haven’t had to change the engine before the oil…Twice, on the same vehicle. That has happened here.

 

[AK SNO RIDER]

Honestly that looks like damage from something catching them.

Carry a knife by chance?

 

[ATLBronco75]

MGV WINS AGAIN!

 

[Last Ride Bronco]

The inner section is vinyl. It is only leather trimmed.

 

[Tdifonzo]

This is precisely why I changed to MGV last minute. Can't trust that Ford leather. I hope they replace the seats for you.

 

[airforceteacher]

That's .... odd. I've never had a leather seat flake in any car I've had. Arm rests, but not seats.

 

[CheekyOldMan]

Do you by any chance carry a side arm? Or a cheese grater?

 

[OCNORB1974]

Wow that's not good. All leather does that at some point, but it shouldn't that fast! Amazingly, the best leather seats I have ever had are in my 2014 Focus Titanium, they still look brand new, in a Focus! They are also very comfortable seats.

 

[Dadsquatch]

Maybe it's the lighting, but I thought the roast leather on the OBX had blue stitching?

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