Cracks in leather/ette seat

Sad quality there. My 16 did the same thing. Only gonna get worse.

2017 SL seats started to crack at 50k

Mazzon said:

Noticed today that there are cracks forming in my drivers seat, outside bottom bolster. The car was a year old at the end of December 22.

I'm due for the 25k oil change next week. I wouldn't expect this type of wear on such low kms. I guess we will see what the dealer can do.
This was the same seat that had a D.O.A seat warmer from factory.

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Indeed, not cool. If you haven't already, several of us have reported the issue directly to Nissan for consideration. The more Nissan hears on this, hoping they actually do something about it. Not sure why, but the leather seat quality stands out in the new R53 models. :/

Good news the drivers seat bottom is set to be replaced, due to the cracking. The wrinkles are considered normal wear.

The premature seat bottom wrinkling is definitely not normal wear and tear. After a decade perhaps....

The vinyl cracking along the perimeter is also unacceptable.

Hopefully Nissan eventually addresses these issues properly through revised/improved parts though that currently doesn't appear to be occurring.

You should post this in the appropriate R52 forum. This thread is specific to the 2022+ / R53 Pathfinders.

That said, it looks like you have a crack in the leather (the bolsters are vinyl and the center section is leather). There isn’t any amount of treatment that will stop the crack from spreading. Leather treatment is meant to prevent the leather from cracking by conditioning it. While it will not help your current cracking, using a leather treatment will help prevent future cracks from developing.

You may be able to have that small section repaired by an upholstery repair shop but the proper way to fix the issue would be to replace the seat cover itself.