Perforated Leather on Ram - good thing?

[gschindel]

Hi
Anyone have experience with ram's perforated leather seats? - the ones with air conditioning. I found a 2014 1500 with these and am wondering how the holes affect the longevity.
Thanks much.

[Bionic_Man]

I like them in my truck. Can't really speak to longevity yet as the truck is a 2012 with about 38,000 miles, but so far no problems.

[HouseApe]

The seats in the ram are not air conditioned, just ventilated, and it pulls air through the seat not blowing out. Put a pice of paper on it and turn it on you'll see. It's a great fart extractor!

[FLY_4_FUN]

I have them in mine, and its an AWESOME feature for long summer drives. My wife is always cold...so instead of high AC settings, I turn on the cooled seat and its all I need.

Daryll

[Cummins12V98]

YES. They are air conditioned!!!!!

3.5 years and no problems. 15 LongHorn on order will have them.

[talonhead]

My '93 TBird has perforated leather and is in good shape, my '14 Ram has it also. As stated, a premium cleaner and conditioner a couple of times a year will keep them nice for years.
The Ram seats with fans suck air from the top to cool the seat. I love mine in the summer.

[boocoodinkydow]

I have a 14 ram 1500 longhorn that came with them as standard equipment. Had a take it or leave it attitude until I went through a hot humid south Alabama summer. Got a more positive opinion now. Crumbs do present a bit of a problem but with a little special effort with a vac all is good once again. Mines a little less than a year old with about 13k miles & no problem. One member on our ecodiesel forum had an underliner shift & had to be replaced. Saw a YouTube clip that evidently had a similar problem; when he turned the air on it pillowed up pretty badly. By the way, while they are not directly air conditioned there is an a/c vent terminus directly under each seat & the fan does pull cooler than ambient air up through the seat.

[BurbMan]

Rented a car a few years back and they upgraded me to a new Caddy with those heated/cooled seats. Driving around in August it was the best thing since sliced bread. I would order that option in a minute, but also agree with other posters, that if my kids were still little I would likely pass on it.

[Fast_Mopar]

A coworker has them in his Camry. I think it is a strange feeling when the air blows through, but that's just my opinion.

[gschindel]

Thanks. Not sure if teens are cleaner than little ones - guess will see. Wife will kill them if they spill.

I know the perforated leather concept is or at least can be good. I have it in my 2005 Ford escape with no problems. Was more wondering if dodge got it right in the 2014 rams. I heard some older ones had issues.

[srt20]

It's not A/C btw it's just a fan to ventilate the seat.

My bud has them in his gmc. He doesn't like it, but he has a young daughter that drops food, like chocolate and the holes get plugged. He then has to clean them.

I have leather that's not perforated in 2 of my dodges. They are the vented seats either though, just heated. But I have 2 boys under 4 yr old. I figured it would be a terrible idea for me at this point. Maybe later in life.

[Boxer_Lovers]

I like mine.

[alboy]

Our 8 yr old Ram had perforated leather still looked great when we sold it.

[donn0128]

Leather seats have been perforated for years. Today it is rare to find anything else. Generally todays leathers hold up quite well given proper maintenance. That means a good cleaning and conditioning several times a year.