Front Seat Heater/cooler problems of the 2008 Mercedes Benz E350

While driving the car tonight the seat started smoking and there is a burn hole on the driver seat 1/2 dollar in size. The car was in motion, seat heater in use.

The driver's seat back heater burned through the seat cover. At the time of discovery, the vehicle was moving and there was a burning smell. When the vehicle was parked in the garage, I discovered the hole in the seat. There was a similar issue involving 2000-2007 m-class, 2006-2007 r-class, and 2007 gl-class models which was settled in a class action lawsuit callaway v. Mercedes benz. To my knowledge, there have been no recalls or acknowledgment by Mercedes Benz for any vehicles with the similar defect/hazard subsequent to 2007. My vehicle is a 2008 mercedes e-class. While mercedes repaired my seat at no charge, they unlawfully, in my opinion, required I sign a release prior to the commencement of repairs.

Fuel pump and sending unit is cracked causing fuel vapor to enter cabin. Also driver seat heater is over heating causing considerable discomfort and cannot be used. When I started to research these issues I found numerous other complaints for the same problems had been previously reported but I have not received a recall notice.

Seat heater in driver's seat back overheated, resulting in a burn through the seat and caught the driver's clothing on fire.

Turn heater for driver side seat,smelled something burning on left lateral lumbar area,noticed a burn through seat cover. This is the second time this has happen,had it repaired at dealership about five years ago. I was on city street when this happen,.

The contact owns a 2008 mercedes-benz E350. While driving at 50 mph, the driver's seat heater caught fire. The contact pulled over and extinguished the fire himself. A police report was not filed. There were no injuries sustained. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was made aware of the fire. The failure mileage was 86,000.

2008 Mercedes Benz 350e. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle seat heater unit- excessive heat burns hole in driver seat. The consumer stated his wife noticed a strong burned smell and excessive heat emanating from the back left side of her seat. She was forced to maneuver off the highway. Upon exiting the vehicle, she noticed a hole size of a half dollar in the seat.

The driver side seat heater when turned on has begun to burn through the seat itself causing a hole the size of now a nickle (lower left hand side of the seat). Happened just before thanksgiving and again when my wife was driving the car and forgot there was an issue. The smell and the smoke from the burning seat made her pull the car over. When this first happened, it actually burnt a whole in my jacket as well. All images have been attached. I have spoken with mercedes and their solution is repair the issue and then place a cover over the area. Still does not seem safe or an appropriate fix.

Turned on drivers seat warmer, smelled smoke and opened windows thinking the odor was from outside of the car. Turned the seat heater off and later found a quarter size hole burned in the left side of the drivers seat. My shirt and pants also had holes burned in them. Fortunately I turned the heater off before I was burned or a fire started. Mercedes-benz dealer is going to repair the damage to the seat of my 2008 e-350.

The contact owns a 2008 Mercedes Benz E350. The contact stated that the driver side heated seat failed and overheated. The seat burned the contact. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealership where she was informed that the problem was a manufacturers defect and she needed to notify the manufacturer before any repairs would be performed. The dealer disconnected the heater circuit. The contact called the manufacturer who stated that the seat was not an issue and that the failure was caused by how the contact was sitting in the seat. The contact planned to return the vehicle which was at the dealership at the time of the complaint. The failure mileage was approximately 42,000. The current mileage was approximately 43,400.

Driver's side seat heater malfunctioned causing a fire. Vehicle was a 2008 mercedes E350.