Four problems related to seats have been reported for the 2006 Mercedes Benz R350. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The heated seats were turned on the driver seat while waiting in line at a fast food drive thru on June 15, 2017 around 1:00am. I pulled of after getting my food. Then while I was leaving the parking lot I started to feel really warm on my back and side, hotter than normal. I started to smell smoke! I pulled over quickly and got out of the car and I realized my clothing was smoking and the back of my seat was on fire. The fire went out and my jacket and t shirt had burns and ashes on them and my driver seat had large hole in it.
Tl- the contact owns a 2006 Mercedes Benz R350. The contact stated that as she parked the vehicle, she noticed that the driver's seat got hot and burned through, creating a whole on the seat. There was no warning indicator. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to a local dealer. The dealer did not help: was rude and unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 126,000. Fe.
I started my 2006 mercedes-benz R350 and activated the driver seat warmer on high. After approximately 2. 2 miles into my drive (speed 30-45 mph) my seat felt very hot on my lower left side near my waist line. I reached back while driving to feel how hot the seat was and was surprised by a very hot sensation as though I had touched a hot needle. As I continued to drive and pull my body forward I noticed smoke rising from behind my left shoulder. I immediately pull over onto a left side street and put the car in park leaving it running and jumped out of the seat. There was a large hole burned in the leather and it was still smoking. I patted the area down with my hand to notice a glowing orange spark and it continued to smoke. I reached in and turned off the heated seat button by cycling it though the 2nd and 3rd levels. The seat finally stopped smoking. I let the hole in the seat cool down. Checking my clothing I realized I had a hole and several melted spots on my polyester vest I was wearing. Upon coming home I noticed also a hole in my light cotton sweater that was worn under the vest two days prior to this incident I had felt the seat was hot in the same area but thought my shirt at the time was raised exposing my skin to the seat.
The contact owns a 2006 Mercedes Benz R350. The contact stated that while driving 10 mph with the driver side heated seat warmer activated, the seat started to burn and smoke was emitted into the vehicle. The contact mentioned that she was able to extinguish the fire by turning off the seat warmer. The contact suffered minor burns to the hip and fingers. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who advised the contact that they would contact her at a later date. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure and current mileage was 55,000.