Seat issues
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Sep 2008
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From: Upstate NY
Common in these, mine was so bad that even on a lumpy city street it sounded like a chicken choking.
Pull the seats and grease the mechanism, you will find the bare metal to metal spot that creates the squawking. Moving the seat adjuster fixes it for a few miles but not for long.
Pull the seats and grease the mechanism, you will find the bare metal to metal spot that creates the squawking. Moving the seat adjuster fixes it for a few miles but not for long.
JK Newbie
Joined: Nov 2008
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From: Bethesda, MD
Mine does that too, and it really hasn't bothered me too much, yet, but I did take a look and it and it looks likes the anchor point for the seat belt that's causing it. I'll lube it up and see if that makes it go away...
JK Freak
Joined: Jul 2008
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my seat has started squeaking like that also....but I keep the stereo cranked up so it doesn't bother me all that bad. What does bother me though, is that the foam that is inside the seat bottom has come loose....on the edge of the seat on both the pass. and driver side where you get in and out of the jeep, the foam on that edge has ripped apart from the rest of the seat and every time I get in the Jeep and put my weight on it, that foam gets pushed down the side of the seat and then the seat looks like that edge is sagging really bad. I can put my hand up underneath the side of the seat and shove that foam back up where it goes, but it doesn't stay very long.
Nothing major, just one of the little things that end up being quite annoying.
Nothing major, just one of the little things that end up being quite annoying.
I took it in and the dealer had a local upholstery shop rework the seat cover oh so slightly.
Drivers side redone. Very subtle but you can see where they wrapped the hinge better.
passenger side as from factory. You can see a bit of the padding coming out. That's not bad but the drivers side looked much worse before it was redone.
JK Freak
Joined: Aug 2007
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From: Abilene, Texas
Yes, I do relize I am not helping.
JK Newbie
Joined: Nov 2008
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From: Bethesda, MD
Funny about the Kay-Y - i always liked to use that first to test if lube would work because it cleans up way better then grease does and when you're dealing with interior squeaks it's nice to not worry too much about the mess! 
I grabbed my bike chain lube (only thing I had in the Jeep) and oiled the anchor point on the seat belt and it worked like a charm - no more squeak.
I grabbed my bike chain lube (only thing I had in the Jeep) and oiled the anchor point on the seat belt and it worked like a charm - no more squeak.