Hi All, We have a 2014 spaceback SE and I have noticed at the back corner of the drivers seat the stitching is coming apart, is it hard to remove the seat and stitch it up from behind or easier to use a curved needle from the top ? Anybody had the same problem ? Cheers Stuart 

Hi All, anybody know if the seat base on the drivers seat comes apart to repair the cloth ? 

On 18/10/2020 at 22:58, sparky2 said:

Hi All, We have a 2014 spaceback SE and I have noticed at the back corner of the drivers seat the stitching is coming apart, is it hard to remove the seat and stitch it up from behind or easier to use a curved needle from the top ? Anybody had the same problem ? Cheers Stuart 

I have the same issue, the back corner seems to have come away from wherever it’s meant to be behind the plastic cover. 
 

I don’t notice it though because I’ve just put a couple of seat cushions over it because I find the seat base quite firm anyway. 
Im afraid I’m not sure how you’d fix it though. Good luck

Hi, I managed to fix it at the weekend, disconnected the neg lead on the battery (airbag), removed the 4 torx screws, tipped the seat back unplugged the black seat belt sensor and the yellow connector for the seat airbag, took the whole seat into the house to have a look, the back of the seat base cloth goes round the back and is held in place with plastic hooks onto the springs so unclipped the cloth and pulled it back through the gap between the seat back, managed to pull enough forward to be able to work on the split, cut a small piece of black cloth and used some fabric glue to fix it down over the gap let it set and sewed it to the good side and it seems to be OK. The split was about an inch wide see pics -

2 hours ago, sparky2 said:

Hi, I managed to fix it at the weekend, disconnected the neg lead on the battery (airbag), removed the 4 torx screws, tipped the seat back unplugged the black seat belt sensor and the yellow connector for the seat airbag, took the whole seat into the house to have a look, the back of the seat base cloth goes round the back and is held in place with plastic hooks onto the springs so unclipped the cloth and pulled it back through the gap between the seat back, managed to pull enough forward to be able to work on the split, cut a small piece of black cloth and used some fabric glue to fix it down over the gap let it set and sewed it to the good side and it seems to be OK. The split was about an inch wide see pics -

That’s a great guide! It seems as though yours split in a different place as mine, as mine has the corner that goes behind the plastic cover next to the height adjustment handle, but by the looks of it this method will work for me as well, cheers!