Land Rover Discovery: Leather Seat Covers

Leather is a natural product, therefore it bears natural characteristics, such as grain variations, growth & bush marks. These non-weakening marks show the true nature of the hide and are the hallmarks of Leather. In order to maintain the beauty of the vehicles natural leather upholstery it requires regular cleaning, which if neglected, may cause deterioration. Where dust and dirt are allowed to accumulate and become ingrained in the surface of the leather, the upholstery may become permanently damaged.

Light coloured upholstery can be particularly susceptible to soiling and staining and care should be taken to ensure that where there is evidence of any soiling or staining on the upholstery then this should be cleaned immediately using the Jaguar/Land Rover approved products, failure to do this could lead to the stain becoming permanent, this applies to all leather upholstery and is not colour specific.

Leather trimmed seats will naturally exhibit areas of creasing and wrinkling over a period of time and is a normal characteristic as the leather ages.

Particular care should be taken where there is evidence of soiling or staining on the leather, this should be cleaned immediately. Failure to do this could lead to the stain becoming permanent.

Particular care should be taken to prevent damage from studs, zips and buckles.

SEAT COVER REPLACEMENT

Rest of World Vehicles

Refererence should be made to the list of documents below before any seat cover is replaced in Jaguar Land Rover warranty.

• Global Warranty Policy and Procedure Manual on TOPIx.
• Leather Seat Cover Finessing Process on the Excellence Academy.
• Seat Smoothing Procedure in the workshop manual.

All seat covers that are replaced should be done using all available TOPIx guides. Any damage that has been done to other components during the seat cover replacement process will not be paid under warranty.

NAS vehicles

Refererence should be made to the list of documents below before any seat cover is replaced in Jaguar Land Rover warranty.

• Warranty Policy and Procedure Manual.
• Leather Seat Cover Finessing Process on the Excellence Academy.
• Seat Smoothing Procedure in the workshop manual.

All seat covers that are replaced should be done using all available TOPIx guides. Any damage that has been done to other components during the seat cover replacement process will not be paid under warranty.

LEATHER SEAT COVERS MANUFACTURING DEFECT GUIDELINES

Seating Seat Cover Inspection / Description and OperationExamples of Damage to Seat Cover

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