R60 Broken Lumbar Support
#1
Broken Lumbar Support
So,
I will caveat this post with the fact that my wife is not fat. She's 6' tall, but a slender, athletic build.
I was wondering if anyone else has had this issue: about 2 years ago, my wife was driving the C-man when the lumbar support made a crunch noise and lost all support. The part was replaced under warranty of course.
Fast forward to today, and she's driving home from picking our daughter up from daycare. She reached back to give something to the tyke and she felt a crunch again and a loss of support on one side...ie, the lumbar broke again!!!
Pretty irritating. In all of my years of owning cars (over 20), I have never encountered a broken lumbar support, even on the cheapest of brands. Worst part is is that the closest dealer to us is up in San Jose over an hour away so we'll have to waste a Saturday for them to look at it, then another Saturday down the line after they get the part from Germany (yes, that's what happened last time).
Least it's still under the bumper to bumper warranty for another 10 months...
I will caveat this post with the fact that my wife is not fat. She's 6' tall, but a slender, athletic build.
I was wondering if anyone else has had this issue: about 2 years ago, my wife was driving the C-man when the lumbar support made a crunch noise and lost all support. The part was replaced under warranty of course.
Fast forward to today, and she's driving home from picking our daughter up from daycare. She reached back to give something to the tyke and she felt a crunch again and a loss of support on one side...ie, the lumbar broke again!!!
Pretty irritating. In all of my years of owning cars (over 20), I have never encountered a broken lumbar support, even on the cheapest of brands. Worst part is is that the closest dealer to us is up in San Jose over an hour away so we'll have to waste a Saturday for them to look at it, then another Saturday down the line after they get the part from Germany (yes, that's what happened last time).
Least it's still under the bumper to bumper warranty for another 10 months...
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#3
Ahhh, the 'search' function. Knew it was there for a reason. Lots of discussion on this subject already....
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...-not-easy.html
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...t-working.html
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...r-support.html
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...-not-easy.html
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...t-working.html
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...r-support.html
#4
Newer parts on the lumbar, its been Superseded a couple times for redesign. These are the newest. 5210980939 and 52109809396
http://www.ecstuning.com/Search/SiteSearch/5210980939/
http://www.ecstuning.com/Search/SiteSearch/52109809396/
http://www.ecstuning.com/Search/SiteSearch/5210980939/
http://www.ecstuning.com/Search/SiteSearch/52109809396/
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Last edited by ECSTuning; 10-01-2015 at 08:13 AM.
#6
They come with the cups, use these number above.
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