Leathers seats cracking!

[mnsilverado]

The vinyl on the side of my driverseat cracked and split open (near the seat belt exit). Has anyone had this happen?  Is this a common thing?  My truck is a 2002 with 30k miles on it.  I am taking it into the dealer on Monday, I hope they don't give me any problems.  I haven't had the best luck with them so far.

[Shaners]

The dealer should fix it.

 

My buddy at work, put a small "scratch" in his seat on his Tahoe with a rivet from his Levi's and the dealer replaced it for him.

[Professor]

Yes it is common, very common!

[BCNU]

Yes it is common. All my friends who have leather seats in their trucks are cracking also. That is why i got the cloth in my truck, why spend the extra money for something that is not going to look good in a few years. Don't get me wrong I love the look of the leather seats also but every one I talked to that had leather seats told me that they wish they had the cloth. I have leather seats in my corvette and I have had really good luck using the Zaino leather conditioner on it regularly, but I am not driving this car but once or twice a month so that helps the seats from being worn.

['02 Sierra Denali]

I had almost 4 years and 90,000 miles on my '99 Sierra SLT, no problems with the leather at all. They still looked great, much to my surprise.

I don't use any type of solvents or "treatment" for the leather either. Atlanta is hot in summer and the interior was charcoal, I was especially pleased with the comfort of them. A++

[cowboy02]

Would the catskin (I'm sure I spelled that wrong ) leather seats be a better option?

 

Do they work with the heated seats?

[BlackSilver]

I use Lexol conditioner about once a month.  The seats actually become softer and more supple with age.  It's kinda spendy, but very effective.