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12-04-2012, 07:12 PM | #1 |
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Rusted Seat Frames?
Has anyone heard of any 2012 or 2013 M3's having rust issues with the metal under the seats/seat frames? This issue showed up with some of the new F30 3 series and I am trying to see if this is something that is a known problem. Any thoughts.
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LOL..how would you get rust on the interior of a car thats 1 year old? strange to say the least..the frame is coated to prevent corrosion so the only way I see this happening is if you scuff the frame and expose the bare metal and still it would take a while to manifest itself
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12-04-2012, 07:52 PM | #4 |
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Here are some pics of the underside of the drivers seat. This might just be OCD kicking in and but I wanted to throw this out there. Seemed to be similiar to what someone on the F30 post had shown.
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Thanks for the follow up picture. They look the same so it must not be an issue.
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Great. Need to check the F30 when my wife gets home.
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The surface changes on the metal appeared similar to what some F30 owners were posting, albeit a lot less significant. Maybe this just represents the initial changes prior to having obvious rust? I agree that I don't see any rust at this point. However, the included photo shows areas of brown/rust starting over some oxidized metal from an image in the F30 post. This seems plausible, but I don't have a doctorate in materials science or anything. And yes, there are a lot more important things in the world to worry about. I do have to say though, that would never expect any new BMW to ever have any issues like this, but maybe I am being naive.
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