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Old 11-23-2018, 03:22 PM
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So the Drivers seat on our '13 started squeaking/creaking recently. Seems to get worse when its cold out. Car is equipped with the comfort seats.

Been searching around the web, seems like a lot of chatter around 2011 about this issue. And some mention of a Service bulletin pertaining to it (haven't found the SB yet).

There is apparently a test plan for the seat squeak (TEST PLAN AM5201_00012-FRONT SEAT), and appears to be a very common issue (hard to believe at this level, but..)

Fixes seem to range from replacing seat components, to entire seats. Appears some dealerships take the seats apart to find misaligned springs, etc.).

I'm obviously out of warranty, hoping someone has found an 'easy' fix for this issue?

P.S. - Rear Hatch creaks as well. I've adjusted the stops a couple of times, but there seems to be little if any improvement, afraid to keep 'running them out' for fear of it shortening the lifespan of the 'soft close' electric latch..
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