Todays visit to Service dept for Rattling seat

wlong01 said:

Have been experiencing an annoying noise in the passenger seat when the seat is occupied. Not really a rattle or squeak, more like a noise when two parts rub together. When the seat is empty the car is dead quite. The noise is more apparent when turning left or right into a curve or when coming to a stop. It's pretty loud, you can hear it over the radio. Almost sounds like the seat is moving but my wife says she doesn't feel any movement.

Anyway two techs took the car for a spin and couldn't duplicate. Then the service mgr asked to go for a ride and no noise. Suggested I sit in the passenger seat, again no noise. I am now convinced it's weight related. It happens all the time when my wife sits in the passenger seat. She's about 130lbs. The techs were 200+, the service mgr was 240, I'm 170.
Either I will have to find some weights that are 130lbs or I have to take my wife with me and let the tech ride in the back seat.

Techs checked under the seat and could find nothing wrong.

Anybody got any ideas?

This is the kind of crap that sours the Mazda experience.

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NelsonLewis said:

Get rid of the wife, that should solve the problem.

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