Mystery 3rd rail on a 4Motion

[Ian Maddocks]

My 2019 4Motion doesn’t have a 3rd rail but since adding carpet I’ve seen odd scrapping where it would have been.

Is it normal? Glad I didn’t buy the expensive Brandup carpet!

 

[GSX1300R]

The third rail is for fitting another seat. We have a 2015 se and that had the third rail as standard..To me it’s a bit of a pain but if you need the extra seat it’s there for you...Maybe they don’t fit then as standard any longer..Doubtless someone will correct me.

 

[Hotel California]

I think that's a mark from the roller of the under seat drawer...

 

[Ian Maddocks]

Thanks Peter.

What I’m trying to determine is if my bench seat is incorrectly scrapping the carpet? is it normal to see a line in the middle of the carpet?
At this rate (10-20 moves back & forth) the carpet won’t make it to 1yr.

Pre-carpet, there are some marks on the plastic floor but not as pronounced.

 

[westfalia]

If you look carefully you can see Jesus on the right side
of the carpet. Some kind of divine intervention going on there,
your Cali wants to be a 2 wheel drive.

But i think HC is correct, its the roller.

 

[GSX1300R]

If you put a sheet of thin cardboard down and opened the draw it might give more of an idea if there was a roller or what it was making the mark on the carpet.

 

[paradise city]

Probably the roller.

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[GSX1300R]

Probably the roller.

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Oh well there’s the answer I’ve just had a look myself on my van and fair enough there is a roller which runs down the centre rail. Because we have the centre rail we have a carpet with 3 cutouts so have never really took any notice...You would think the roller would flatten the carpet sooner than raise the pile

 

[westfalia]

° The answer was in post# 3 and confirmed in post# 5.

 

[Ian Maddocks]

Probably the roller.

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Thanks again Paradise City.

 

[WelshGas]

My 2019 4Motion doesn’t have a 3rd rail but since adding carpet I’ve seen odd scrapping where it would have been.

Is it normal? Glad I didn’t buy the expensive Brandup carpet!

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As has been said above, it’s the roller But check that it is actually turning and not sliding, because it should flatten rather than raise the carpet pile.

 

[Ian Maddocks]

Unbelievable...A roller ....Well well well. If the roller was working correctly I would have thought that it would FLATTEN the pile NOT raise it..

It did flatten it. Wasn’t expecting the carpet to get ‘marked’ but glad to find out it a roller rather than something sharper.

 

[GSX1300R]

It did flatten it. Wasn’t expecting the carpet to get ‘marked’ but glad to find out it a roller rather than something sharper.

when you show the pic it looks like it’s been raised.. Should be ok though.