Car will no longer have automatic seat adjustment due to chip shortage. Would you still purchase?

[Anonymous]

Due to the current state of low inventory, I ordered an SUV a couple months back, and one of its standard features is supposed to be seat memory and auto adjustment. However, I received a call from the dealership that because of the chip shortage, seat adjustment on the car will now be manual. This would be fine, except that it cannot be retro-fitted: I will receive a $700 credit instead. It is already missing automatic liftgate due to the chip shortage.

I am currently without a car and can't hold off for much longer--however now I'm rethinking if it is worth it to pay $45k+ for this car.

WWYD? Lower my expectations and accept this is the times we live in and be grateful I have a car on the way at all, or is it crazy to settle at this price point and I will take a massive loss with resale value, etc?

I'm a bit concerned with what other features the manufacturer will decide to forgo by the time it goes to production. :/

[Anonymous]

While annoying not to have what you ordered, I would be able to live without it as long as the front seats still had the 8-way power adjustments. I use the power liftgate more than I thought I would but would be ok using the handle release. Ask them to also throw in the trunk cargo cover if they don’t include that already (another pet peeve ).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:While annoying not to have what you ordered, I would be able to live without it as long as the front seats still had the 8-way power adjustments. I use the power liftgate more than I thought I would but would be ok using the handle release. Ask them to also throw in the trunk cargo cover if they don’t include that already (another pet peeve ).

Sorry I think that's what I meant to say--no power seat adjustment. Only manual.

Thanks for the rec!

[Anonymous]

How often do you switch cars with other people? DS and I are so different it is very annoying. He is about a foot taller than I am. Otherwise I would not care much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How often do you switch cars with other people? DS and I are so different it is very annoying. He is about a foot taller than I am. Otherwise I would not care much.

I don't think it would affect resale because most people aren't switching cars regularly. My DH and I do, and we also have a foot difference in height -- but really, it doesn't take much time to do all the adjustments manually. It isn't just the seat -- it's the side and rearview mirrors, the steering wheel, etc. If just the seat adjustment is missing, it's not a big deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How often do you switch cars with other people? DS and I are so different it is very annoying. He is about a foot taller than I am. Otherwise I would not care much.

Many cars also have something like "comfort entry" where the seat moves back to help you enter/exit the car and then moves into your driving position when you start.

[Anonymous]

I think that's worth more than $700 for resale value.

[Anonymous]

So, does manual allow for up/down adjustment? Or only back/forwards of the entire seat and up/down of the top part of the seat?

I wouldn’t want a car that doesn’t allow for the adjustment of the seat height (which is standard for power seat adjustment).

[Anonymous]

If it was just me driving, it would not bother me at all. The rear lift would bother me - I use that ALL THE TIME, especially for curbside grocery pick up. That said, my husband and I switch cars all the time and it drives me nuts when I have to fiddle with all the adjustments.

[Anonymous]

It would bug me.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't mind manual but then I wouldn't be spending 45K

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think that's worth more than $700 for resale value.

This. You should not walk away, but negotiate for more of a discount.

[Anonymous]

Power/memory seat and mirrors are not negotiable for me. We switch drivers too often.

[Anonymous]

Can you purchase a different car?

There are plenty of other cars that do have auto seat adjustment and power lift.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Power/memory seat and mirrors are not negotiable for me. We switch drivers too often.

+1

My DH drives on autopilot. It drove me absolutely bananas when he would adjust ALL of the settings of my car to literally back it out of the drive way, drive 10 feet, and park it in a space. Like it made me unreasonably mad.

The car the I purchased almost 10 years ago had everything except the power lift gate. I swore I would never do that again, either.

So, no, I wouldn't pay $45k for a car that had manual seats and a manual lift gate.