Range Rover L405 - holes in rear seat backs

[grand cherokee]

when I bought my used L405 upon opening the tailgate and looking at the carpeted back of the rear seats I noticed on both the left and right seats a cluster of small holes in a circular pattern

I asked the main dealer 'what are these'?

they came back to me and said after speaking to LR they are 'ventilation holes' for the heated rear seats - they also checked a brand new unregistered car and found the same holes present

seems strange to me - at least a grill could have been used to cover said holes?

anybody have the same holes or an alternate explanation please?

[sealtt]

Do you have a photo of it? I'll have a look.

[AMDB9]

I have them on my 2015 RRS.

[grand cherokee]

sealtt said:

Do you have a photo of it? I'll have a look.

sorry but camera is playing up - just look at the carpet on the back of the rear seats - quite obvious

[grand cherokee]

AMDB9 said:

I have them on my 2015 RRS.

thanks

had it confirmed again by main dealer that they are ventilation holes and that LR say a plastic grill would be damaged

wtf then not a stainless steel grill on a circa £100K car?

they now really irritate me and I am designing a flush stainless steel grill along the lines of a speaker cover

when installed i'll do photographs and put on the forum - I may be able to sell them to members who are interested if my tame engineer is prepared to make more at a reasonable price

[swisstoni]

I hadn't even noticed these, and that may be why there are no grilles. And I don't really care what the boot looks like tbh.
Or I need to go to the opticians.

[grand cherokee]

swisstoni said:

I hadn't even noticed these, and that may be why there are no grilles. And I don't really care what the boot looks like tbh.
Or I need to go to the opticians.

I use the 'boot' every single day with my shooting/fishing activities - hence why they irritate me

[sealtt]

Odd, I've taken a look on mine and don't have any visible holes.

Mine is a 13 plate L405 SE with heated but not air conditioned rear seats.