I have a nearly one year old TI with the VANTAGE CT seats.
Today, on both seats nearly simultaneously(!), the "face" of the lumbar adjustment knob broke away when trying to push the knob back in so that I could rotate the knob and adjust the lumbar.
All of the guts, springs and ratchet pieces, summarily fell out!
It appears that a rather thin sheet of plastic on the backside of the "face" of the knob has deteriorated and broke up.
This thin sheet of plastic apparently held the spring and one end of the ratchet mechanism pieces in place.
This is surprising in that I have been very religious, after each use, with washing the salt water off of the seats and allowing them to fully air dry before storage in my garage out of the weather and the sun. We have used the TI quite a bit this last year but I would not expect the seats to start failing so soon!
A hard search on the Hobie site turns up no parts manuals or lists on these seats yet.
I only find the following statement in the 87367030_International_Kayak_March_2016_Web_1.pdf:
"For Vantage CT support issues, parts diagrams, videos
on function, see hobiecat.com/support"
but there is no listing on the hobiecat.com/support page for Vantage CT!
I am very good with doing my own repairs if I can find the parts, especially with a little direction (not sure yet how the knob is disassembled) but I am guessing I need to go through the dealer now... hoping I do not need to wait a long time for repair or replacements as we have a trip planned for next weekend.
Anyone have any leads on parts or experience with this issues as of yet?
Don