Rain got into my car because I had to open the door in a thunderstorm, and after 2 days, the electrical system went haywire.
I think there's water underneath the carpet, and that I need to remove the seats to dry it out.
But there are no threads on this forum about removing the X350 front seats!

I managed to get this far:

1. Move the seat all the way forward.
2. Yank off the plastic covers hiding the 15mm bolts that hold down the rear of the passenger seat.
3. Unscrew those bolts.
4. Move the seat all the way backwards.
5. Unscrew the 10mm bolts holding down the front of passenger seat. Wonder what madman screwed them down so tight.

Now I'm stuck, for 2 reasons:

1. There is a weight sensor on the bottom of the chair which must be connected electrically to the car computer. I'm concerned that if I unplug that connector, the airbag may become inoperable, because some posts about other Jaguars have mentioned that.

2. The seat belt is attached to the body of the car, and to the seat. I'd like to detach it from the seat. This photo (stolen from Rikkk's post and edited) has an X on the plastic cover that needs to come off to do that. I can't figure out how to remove that cover! Does anyone know?


Red X is on cover that I want to remove.

 

I didn't remove the seats. I just tilted them enough to access the carpeting under them, wash it, & lift it up to dry out the floor, like this:



It wasn't very wet at all under there. But I may have bigger problems: the waterproofing has cracked around both rear-view mirrors, and around the trunk.




Should I try to take either the rear-view mirror, or the door, apart, in order to dry out the insides, and hopefully stop all the short-circuits that appeared in my electrical system after the thunderstorm?

 

To answer your first questions reagrding the removal of the seats:
- the seatbelt cover on the seat itself is clipped on and can be levered off. If you look with a flashlight, you can see some of the points where it is attached. You need to be careful in order not to brake the "clip tongues" (for lack of a better wording...). If they brake and thepart does not stay on anymore, you may have to glue it on.

- If you disconnect the battery before disconnecting the seat electrics, including the airbag, nothing should happen. I had not problems when I took out all seats to clean the interior of my car.

Regarding the mirrors, you need to remove them in any case if you want to replace the seals properly. On the other hand, normally the electric connections in the doors should be built in a way order not to cause problems with water ingress, because some water will always find its way into them, be it between the glass and the seal or through the mirror seals. That's why car doors have drains and why you normally have a plastic sheeting or similar in between the door itself and the door boards.
But if you want to be thorough, a check of the door internals doesn't hurt.

Best regards,

Thomas

 

I had the same problem and could not find any seals to replace them? They appear to only come with the purchase of a new mirror assembly as they were not listed separately.
I ended up using some black Silicone sealer and smoothing it in the best I could using my fingers. Not ideal but better than the gaping holes.
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