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The seats feel exactly like leather and are very comfortable. The only difference is the feel, they feel softer than leather however, the actual look is nearly identical. I am curious as to whether they will last as long as properly cared for leather. However, if you are concerned over the look and feel, I will say that they meet the same expectations as most would have for leather.
 
I am an avid proponent of leather interiors. Mach-E's lack of leather option bothers me. I have one reserved but wish Ford would add leather as an interior option, thoughts.
I felt the same way. But a lot of cars are moving away from leather. Tesla doesn’t offer it on the model 3. I think it’s even optional with Mercedes. I wanted an electric car. I told myself if I hated the vinyl I’d spring for after-market leather. So far ira not a problem.
 
I felt the same way. But a lot of cars are moving away from leather. Tesla doesn’t offer it on the model 3. I think it’s even optional with Mercedes. I wanted an electric car. I told myself if I hated the vinyl I’d spring for after-market leather. So far ira not a problem.
FYI: on both the Mercedes E Class and the BMW 5 series, leather is not standard and an extra cost option.

I have a 2019 E450 Mercedes with MBTex. Second Mercedes with MBTex. I prefer it to leather. Perfectly satisfied.
 
Aloha all,

One of the things that I like about this forum is that members can express their opinions without being attacked, well for the most part. Well I hope that I feel the same after this post.

IMHO (I had to ask my 38 year old daughter what that means) leather is leather and ActiveX is something different.

I have had leather seats in the majority of the cars that I have owned. For the vehicles that I have owned, the leather seats held up to everything that my kids threw at them; some leather seats were better than others, but all heldup. Lucky for me, I don't have any kids at home anymore. If I did, I would be a bit concerned that the ActiveX would not hold up. That is my opinion on durability. For looks and feel, the ActiveX, in my opinion, is different than leather. Please note that I didn't say better or worse. The feel is not the feel of leather, but it's not a bad feel. To the eye, it also looks different from leather, but again it's not bad; just different.

The bottom line is that ActiveX is different than leather. I remain optimistic that the material will hold up over many years of use without showing any excessive ware. The true test will be delivered by those families that have young children as their official ActiveX testers!
 
Aloha all,

One of the things that I like about this forum is that members can express their opinions without being attacked, well for the most part. Well I hope that I feel the same after this post.

IMHO (I had to ask my 38 year old daughter what that means) leather is leather and ActiveX is something different.

I have had leather seats in the majority of the cars that I have owned. For the vehicles that I have owned, the leather seats held up to everything that my kids threw at them; some leather seats were better than others, but all heldup. Lucky for me, I don't have any kids at home anymore. If I did, I would be a bit concerned that the ActiveX would not hold up. That is my opinion on durability. For looks and feel, the ActiveX, in my opinion, is different than leather. Please note that I didn't say better or worse. The feel is not the feel of leather, but it's not a bad feel. To the eye, it also looks different from leather, but again it's not bad; just different.

The bottom line is that ActiveX is different than leather. I remain optimistic that the material will hold up over many years of use without showing any excessive ware. The true test will be delivered by those families that have young children as their official ActiveX testers!
I didn't realize activeX was what it was called until I saw this thread. It seems to have a lot of similarities of leathers in some of my cars over the years. One thing it doesn't do, is form creases on the bolsters like leather traditional does from getting in and out of the car. It seems sturdy enough. It seems to breathe perhaps just a little better than leather. But I will admit I like that fact that a cow didn't get slaughtered to make my interior. ;)
 
I didn't realize activeX was what it was called until I saw this thread. It seems to have a lot of similarities of leathers in some of my cars over the years. One thing it doesn't do, is form creases on the bolsters like leather traditional does from getting in and out of the car. It seems sturdy enough. It seems to breathe perhaps just a little better than leather. But I will admit I like that fact that a cow didn't get slaughtered to make my interior. ;)
Aloha Chris, me too as I'm vegan 😁
 
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This morning I am headed back to the dealer to cancel the two leases we agreed to due to of Ford's
"ActiveX" seat covering. The salesman withheld that information from us despite our several comments
about our preferences for leather seating. He never corrected our presumption and we only learned of
this anomaly by researching the Window Stickers online. The windows were tinted too deeply to be
able to view the Window Stickers at the dealership, and we never suspected that these two cars had
anything other than leather seating, as they appeared. They both looked like leather. However, the ActiveX
is a man made synthetic material that does not "breathe." It is a modern day Vinyl. My wife and I are both
dissatisfied with this newly discovered revelation and we hope that we will not have too much trouble
extricating ourselves from the two leases. We consider this issue to be misrepresentation and close to
fraud because it was not brought to our attention in the show room by the salesman despite our alluding
to it several times.
 
This morning I am headed back to the dealer to cancel the two leases we agreed to due to of Ford's
"ActiveX" seat covering. The salesman withheld that information from us despite our several comments
about our preferences for leather seating. He never corrected our presumption and we only learned of
this anomaly by researching the Window Stickers online. The windows were tinted too deeply to be
able to view the Window Stickers at the dealership, and we never suspected that these two cars had
anything other than leather seating, as they appeared. They both looked like leather. However, the ActiveX
is a man made synthetic material that does not "breathe." It is a modern day Vinyl. My wife and I are both
dissatisfied with this newly discovered revelation and we hope that we will not have too much trouble
extricating ourselves from the two leases. We consider this issue to be misrepresentation and close to
fraud because it was not brought to our attention in the show room by the salesman despite our alluding
to it several times.
please stop with the drama. Even the most rudimentary search would reveal the interior to be synthetic material NOT leather. All of the last dozen or so cars I've had have had leather. You alluded to it being leather and because the salesman didnt' say (he may not have even known) that it's not leather. If it was this important you should've outright asked or GASP done a little research. This is the 21st century, people are supposed to be informed consumers, this constant "victim of fraud" nonsense is wearing. https://www.ford.com/support/how-tos/more-vehicle-topics/seats-and-seatbelts/what-is-activex/

I suspect you won't have any trouble getting out of your lease, dealers are more than happy to turn around and sell a cancelled unit to one of the multitudes waiting for one and with a markup.
 
This morning I am headed back to the dealer to cancel the two leases we agreed to due to of Ford's
"ActiveX" seat covering. The salesman withheld that information from us despite our several comments
about our preferences for leather seating. He never corrected our presumption and we only learned of
this anomaly by researching the Window Stickers online. The windows were tinted too deeply to be
able to view the Window Stickers at the dealership, and we never suspected that these two cars had
anything other than leather seating, as they appeared. They both looked like leather. However, the ActiveX
is a man made synthetic material that does not "breathe." It is a modern day Vinyl. My wife and I are both
dissatisfied with this newly discovered revelation and we hope that we will not have too much trouble
extricating ourselves from the two leases. We consider this issue to be misrepresentation and close to
fraud because it was not brought to our attention in the show room by the salesman despite our alluding
to it several times.
First: Why on Earth would you lease the MachE rather than use the Ford Option Plan? You do realize that when you lease you do not get the $7,500 Federal Tax Credit.

Second: Active "X" has been advertised by Ford as an ecological friendly substitute for leather. Really do not understand how you were not aware of this fact. More and more manufactures are moving away from leather to "synthetic leathers". I am now on my second Mercedes with MBTex, which is Mercedes synthetic leather. My wife thinks we have leather and I cannot tell the difference, except that MBTex requires no special leather cleaners, wears better and is easier to clean. Synthetic leather has come a long way since vinyl. Before you reject the MachE suggest you try it out.

Finally, I am very sensitive to synthetics: In the heat when I play golf I only wear cotton as I find synthetics do not breathe. Playing golf in the heat in synthetics to me is playing in a plastic shirt. Having said this, I have not had any problems in the heat in my Mercedes and I doubt you will have any problem with ActiveX.

Just my $.02!
 
please stop with the drama. Even the most rudimentary search would reveal the interior to be synthetic material NOT leather. All of the last dozen or so cars I've had have had leather. You alluded to it being leather and because the salesman didnt' say (he may not have even known) that it's not leather. If it was this important you should've outright asked or GASP done a little research. This is the 21st century, people are supposed to be informed consumers, this constant "victim of fraud" nonsense is wearing. https://www.ford.com/support/how-tos/more-vehicle-topics/seats-and-seatbelts/what-is-activex/

I suspect you won't have any trouble getting out of your lease, dealers are more than happy to turn around and sell a cancelled unit to one of the multitudes waiting for one and with a markup.
It's my money. I'll spend it as I wish. Your opinion is irrelevant. We agreed to this particular Explorer and this particular Escape due to the Dealer's low inventory. We might have gone home and researched and then returned to the dealer thoroughly versed in Ford's new nuances, but after 13 prior vehicle purchases at this dealership, we felt that to be unnecessary. As I mentioned, My Explorer window sticker was absolutely too dark to allow reading all the minute details.

Bottom line though, It's My Money.
 
It's my money. I'll spend it as I wish. Your opinion is irrelevant. We agreed to this particular Explorer and this particular Escape due to the Dealer's low inventory. We might have gone home and researched and then returned to the dealer thoroughly versed in Ford's new nuances, but after 13 prior vehicle purchases at this dealership, we felt that to be unnecessary. As I mentioned, My Explorer window sticker was absolutely too dark to allow reading all the minute details.

Bottom line though, It's My Money.
Wait, you joined a mach e forum to complain about the interior of your escape and explorer? Isn't that a bit odd?
 
20k miles so far, long road trips, hours sitting in NYC traffic…not once were the ActiveX seats an issue.

This synthetic is not our grandfather’s vinyl. I’ve been more than impressed with the ActiveX material’s performance.

And its not too hot in the sun. I wish I could say the same for the center arm-rest.
 
20k miles so far, long road trips, hours sitting in NYC traffic…not once were the ActiveX seats an issue.

This synthetic is not our grandfather’s vinyl. I’ve been more than impressed with the ActiveX material’s performance.

And its not too hot in the sun. I wish I could say the same for the center arm-rest.
After seeing the newer post I read up a bit and it's been in use now for ten or more years. Pretty much universally everyone's pleased with it and state it holds up much better than leather. I've had no issues/complaints with mine in fifteen months.
 
One option to consider is sheepskin seat covers. They really are cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. I've had them on out new vehicles since 2016.
 
One option to consider is sheepskin seat covers. They really are cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. I've had them on out new vehicles since 2016.
Do you have a recommendation for sheepskin covers for the Mach-E GT? I have seen places that do "custom fit" by having you answer a bunch of questions -- not sure how good of a fit that will be?
 
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