Front Seat Heater/cooler Problems of Mazda MAZDA6

December 14, 2015 around 6:40pm I was driving home from work on highway 275e at approximately 70 mph approaching the 71n exit ramp . Car and driver's seat heater had been running about 8 - 10 minutes. I smelled a burning smell. I was wearing jeans. When looking around to figure out where smell was coming from, my left leg came in contact with seat, I felt a "bite" sensation on the back of my leg - immediately I thought perhaps my seat was was on fire. I didn't see any actually flames, so I turned off seat heater, and opened the windows - hoping to cool off the interior of the car to prevent any smoldering in the seat to advance to a fire (sounds a stupid now, but at the time it seemed to make sense). Continue driving with one hand, windows down, and fanning seat with the other. With the windows down, the smoke/burning smell dissipated. By the time I got home (about another 10-15 minute drive from the initial occurrence), the seat had cooled. I observed a burn spot on driver's seat where I felt the "bite" on the back of my leg. I also thought my jeans were burnt; however, that turned out to be transfer from the burnt material from the seat - I was able to scratch most of it off with fingernail. Also, my skin was not injured. I will be contacting my local Mazda dealership today.

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I have a 2007 Mazda 6 and unfortunately recently after I turned on the seat warmer I smelled burning leather. I then felt a burning sensation on my thigh. I quickly moved away then noticed that my seat was on fire. The seat warmer burnt a whole in the seat. The threads looked like the blazing wick on a lit candle. A red glare was seen under the rest of the seat. I contacted Mazda and was told that its the age of the vehicle, its wear and tear and therefore its customer cost to repair. The associate didn't even bother to look at the damage. He said that he could give me an estimate of how much it would cost for the repairs. Customer pay. This is very serious because if I had no sensation in my thighs I could have ended up with a third degree burn. Also, this is not an isolated incident as evidenced by reports on the internet including Mazda's website. . Read more...

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The contact owns a 2007 Mazda Mazda6. The contact stated the heated seat feature on the front passenger seat became so hot that it burned away the leather on the seat. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer and no assistance was provided. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 80,000. Updated 7/9/12 updated 07/10/12.