senior_brown

almost 3 months old,

the armrest when lifted up is rubbing against the side seems of both front seats(cloth),
they are showing wear already, i noticed it yesterday, i dont really want my seats ripping apart after a year

im on a 4 year lease, if i brought it back with 4 years of damage im sure they would want me to pay for it,

do you guys think the dealer will do something about this?

i have an '06 G5 GT Coupe

jokieman

Yeah they should replace the worn fabric for one.

victory_red_SS

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This happens with the armrest and likely the reason they never put them in the SS\SC. Two options.
Option 1 ask the dealer, but I doubt they will do anything except say, read option 2
Option 2 don't lift the armrest.

cruisn

Take it in and get them to ix it, they will, I had the same problem, dont let them bullshit you around and make sure they do a good job, they didn't for mine so back in it goes

Matt

senior_brown

are you saying they DID or DID NOT fix it?

jokieman

He's saying they DID fix it, but did a poor job so he's making them do it again, and they have to fix it. It's a design defect, whether you bought and installed the armrest yourself or it came from the factory with it doesn't matter. It's GM's armrest, and it's a defect. therefore GM is responsible for it unless you did the install wrong and they can prove it.

The other guys idiotic "option #2" might be something HE'd accept from them, but it's not true. If the device's function is causing a problem then GM should not have designed the arm rest to be lifted.

The fact that the arm rest doesn't come with the SS/SC version of the car doesn't mean **** because it can still be ordered and dealer installed. and besides that, it has nothing to do with you because you bought the pontiac version which doesn't OFFER the SS/SC (unless they do in canada) so pay Victory no heed because he is misinformed.

victory_red_SS

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Your joking right? You do know humor when you see it right?

jokieman

Nope, do now, doesn't help the OP out though does it? because he's still wondering whether he can make pontiac fix the car. Sorry for misunderstanding you.

I will add though, that if you look around here, you'll notice that service techs have refused to fix peoples cars with excuses just like that one, that made it a bit more difficult for me to discern you were kidding. :P

victory_red_SS

iTrader: (2)

Thats okay, I tell the wife that if I am smiling, it always means that I am joking. From where you sit it was just harder to see my

jokieman

True, usually i'm better at detecting internet humor though. I should have realized you were kidding.

senior_brown

well im gonna make an appointment with the dealer, they gotta fix my brakes , rotors again, and the passenger window is slower,

i agree, its a design flaw, they should fix it, or do something to prevent further wear,

all without removing the arm rest, ofcourse

RaineMan

It's something that happens on all cobalts with the arm rest... just the way it is... not much that can be done about it.

senior_brown

well i think its just one of those things they threw in last minute and thet just werent expecting the outcome.

i wonder if it would affect leather seats in this trim as well?

snowbred

i just push the seat away from the arm rest when i need to open it. or just put all your stuff in the glove compartment.

xl1200r

When you go to order the armrest aftermarket, it states that it's only for LS and LT cars with automatic transmissions. This still doesn't explain why it comes in the SS NA cars, even with a manual trans.

I'd like to put this in my SS SC G85, but I'm worried about ruinin the seats and not having anything to go back on because my car isn't an LS or LT with an Auto trans.

RaineMan

My SS/2.4 had the armrest... and it did rub the leather seats... wasn't bad b/c I didn't have it that long... but I can see where it could get bad.

senior_brown

its not so much the compartment in the armrest i use, its the pockets below it