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ProToolsKid 11-01-2003 12:56 PM

Anybody elses stock Seats make Creeking sound
 
I've been noticing that when I sit in my drivers seat it makes a creeking sound and when I corner and shift my weight in the seat it creeks as well. ANybody have this problem. I hope Mazdas seats aren't gonna be cheap. I don't want a $34K car sounding worse than my old $20K car. I don't know if it matters but I don't have the power seats as I only got the touring package. So, This might not apply to those W/ the grand Touring package.

Omicron 11-01-2003 05:41 PM

Nope, have not had the problem... but then, I've got the GT pgk.

Lock & Load 11-01-2003 05:53 PM

My leather seats also squeak .

Apparently MAZDA oz is aware of the squeak and it is easily rectified ,dealers i believe have been sent a bulletin on the problem and a solution to rectify it, i will get it looked at at my next service , no major dramma.

ProToolsKid 11-01-2003 06:19 PM

OK, it makes it easier knowing that there is a bulletin I will see them monday morning.

Thanks

Lock & Load 11-01-2003 08:08 PM

ProToolskid

The bulletin re squeaky seats was put out for the (oz ) australian cars , i know you texans can do everything bigger and better but heck its a hell of a long drive to oz .HA HA HA

ProToolsKid 11-01-2003 09:47 PM

Well Sh!t maybe I will roll down there and while I'm there I'll make a pit stop off at Hungry Jacks and get one of those Texas Burgers W/ some of that tasty sauce yeeehawww..... hehe Yeah I've been to Australia I know how they see Texans but guess what? I'm not Texan I just happen to live here now. BTW that Advertisment was soooooo funny made me laugh everytime I saw it while I was in Perth WA haha.

Spin9k 11-01-2003 09:51 PM

Re: Anybody elses stock Seats make Creeking sound
 

Originally posted by ProToolsKid
I've been noticing that when I sit in my drivers seat it makes a creeking sound ...... So, This might not apply to those W/ the grand Touring package.
Yes the power seats (w/the GT) do SQEAK! Sqeaking started in mine about 6 weeks ago and it drives me NUTS! I feel like I'm in an old rocking chair.

When I take it in for the 1st checkup, that's top of my fixit list. :(

silvercloud 11-01-2003 09:52 PM

I have the touring package and my driver's seat was squeaking. When I took the car to the dealer for the first oil change I asked them to check into it - tighten all screws/bolts, etc. They did and the squeak is gone now.

The Red One 11-01-2003 10:15 PM

My seat does'nt squeak but there's a rattling noise from somehwere under the glove box. Weird.

ProToolsKid 11-01-2003 10:44 PM

I noticed a ratteling noise there too on my way home from the office.

Efini 8 11-01-2003 11:09 PM

my seats dont squeek...? i have leather with power

mikeb 11-02-2003 03:05 AM


Originally posted by Efini 8
my seats dont squeek...? i have leather with power
that makes two of us

ProToolsKid 11-02-2003 01:49 PM

This is why I pointed out that I had the non power seats. hehe I should have spent the extra change tho to get power.

Kurt Bob 11-04-2003 04:27 PM

I have the non-powered seats and they squeak a lot when I take sharp corners. (Oh! Maybe I shouldn't take sharp corners).

ProToolsKid 11-08-2003 01:45 PM

Dealership told me that that creeking in the seats was normal and can't repair it. This sux Who do I bitch to at Mazda?

Edit:
This Sux my car is sounding like a $20,000 car and it's pissing me off. I mean I know they are'nt the power seats but still they should have some quality to them. Not to mention the other small things I've noticed including ratteling glove box, Squeeling brakes, Some metallic clank sound whenever I roll over the bumps in the road to mark off the lanes AKA Road Braille

ProToolsKid 11-09-2003 04:22 PM


Originally posted by silvercloud
I have the touring package and my driver's seat was squeaking. When I took the car to the dealer for the first oil change I asked them to check into it - tighten all screws/bolts, etc. They did and the squeak is gone now.
You wouldn't happen to know what they did exactly would you coz I would rather check myself at this point to see if my my Service place is full of Sh!t when they told me that this is normal. I'm gonna call mazda and see if they know anything aobut this as someone commented last night on how much my driver seat was squeeking when we were turning corners or something.

jonalan 11-10-2003 04:49 PM


Originally posted by ProToolsKid
Dealership told me that that creeking in the seats was normal and can't repair it.
Yeah, right. All car seats squeak -- that's normal.

(cough) bullshit (cough)

I have manual, cloth seats. No squeaks here. It is NOT normal, as you can tell by some of the posts here that say their seats don't squeak - including me.

Take it to a different dealer.

ProToolsKid 11-10-2003 05:31 PM

Actually There is a Mazda Corp office here in H-Town I will get their Number and call them to get ahold of someone specific

Slaughter6 06-24-2004 11:51 PM

Just searched the Squeking Seat thread and saw i'm not the only one!
I've lost 35lbs on the low carb so I know it's not my beer gut making my seat HURT!
I'll be taking mine to the dealer this week. All this began 30 days into ownership.

My 79 Scirocco didn't even Squeak!!!!

RX-GR8 06-25-2004 12:14 AM

i have the GT package/power seats/leather and when i first sit down in the drivers seat it now squeaks.

Rotary Titus 06-25-2004 12:55 AM

I have power seats but my passenger side one squeaks a lot when no one's sitting in it.
thanks for the info guys!

RobDickinson 06-25-2004 03:05 AM

Its a common problem with UK cars.

Mazda doesnt seem to know how to fix it.

Us owners have tho. Least for a while. Undo the bolt at the front/tunnel side of the seat - add a washer (pref nylon - 10mm hole) and retighten.

Gets rid of it for a while.

pret 06-25-2004 05:55 AM

weight
 
for those with creaking, non-power seats, how much do you all weigh? i weigh 150 and my seats dont creak. also, how fast do you take corners, i have taken them at about 37-40, still no creaking. is it the seat or the brakes? wasn't there a tsb about creaking/clicking from the front wheels?

RobDickinson 06-25-2004 06:07 AM

Re: weight
 

Originally posted by pret
for those with creaking, non-power seats, how much do you all weigh? i weigh 150 and my seats dont creak. also, how fast do you take corners, i have taken them at about 37-40, still no creaking. is it the seat or the brakes? wasn't there a tsb about creaking/clicking from the front wheels?
The.Seat.Creaks.

Its caused by movement between the runners and the car, messing about with how its bolted to the car sorts the squeaking out.

I weigh 150/170llb or so (dont do imperial anymore, 75kg). When it happens it happens, getting into the seat, moving, cornering etc al.

Dealers just take the seat out, grease/tighten its joints up (smelly and useless) and bolt it back in. Of course this sorts the problem out for a while.

I dont think anyone has sorted it 100% yet, next time I'm going to grease the washer see if that help.

14mm socket/spanner needed for the bolts.

xenomorph 06-25-2004 06:32 AM

Yes, Same problem
 
I first noticed my seat squeeking about 1400 miles. I took it in and they took a new seat out of a new car and replaced it.
I have 2500 on it now and the squeeks are back. It happens when I get in the car and on corners. I have manual cloth seats. I even posted a thread about it a month or so ago.:mad:


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