I had a passenger in my 09' 997 over the weekend who was petite. My car has power seats and she used the button to raise it to it's highest point. the problem is, in so doing the seat pressed up against the seat belt buckle thing and got "compressed" and distorted out of shape and remained that way all day. When I finally saw it and lowered the seat back the seat appeared "dinged" and would not go back to it's normal shape in spite of my trying to massage it back into shape. Any ideas how to remedy this or is it tough luck for me? I am surprised Porsche would allow the seat to go up so high as to allow it to get damaged like that, either that or at least make the buckle higher and out of reach even when the seat is moved to it's highest point.

 

It ought to go back as the leather relaxes . There are guys who do leather repair but it may not need it. Give it a few days and post an update.

 

it may not be just stretched leather, but the foam underneath that got deformed. Nothing you can do other than wait for now.

 

I'm not at all sure where it is, but if it stays down, maybe somone could get into there where a hypodermic needle at a seam and inject some filler gel or something into the space, or even just push it out. Just a possibility...

 

The seat is designed to do what it did, so if there's permanent damage, I'd pose the question to the dealer as to how they will remedy it. You didn't do anything wrong... Take a photo, write some notes, and see if it fixes itself. Might not hurt to email your dealer with a photo and advise them of what happened and ask them "will this fix itself"...

 

thanks for the tips. It now appears that the leather is loose in that little spot and has a hollow air pocket underneath it. surely the foam is dinged. I like the idea of injecting some filler into it but don't want to try that unless there is something made for that application lest I inject stuff in there and the seat is tight again but lumpy which would be worse.

 

I've got a spot about 2" round on the passenger seat where someone obviously had something in his rear pocket. Where the leather stretched it is now raised. Leather repair pro shop could fix it. I would NOT mess with it if I were you. Don't even get me started about the scratches the paintless dent guy put in my fender. Repeat after me: 'It is just a car, it is....' Nuts. Bothers me less at 6800 in 3rd gear though ;-)

 

My point exactly - why experiment? I've seen too many people "try" something on their cars only to totally regret it. Concerned about it? Bring it to the dealer, show them what happened and say "how are you going to fix it under warranty - car was designed to have the seat go up, but this is what happened..."

 

I agree with ronct. At least get the dealer to give you a work order so it is documented. If it worsens later, at least you can say you reported it in a contemporaneous manner.