Front Seat Heater/cooler Problems of Volkswagen Beetle

The passenger front seat heater was left on power level 3 with a bag of clothes in the seat. An odor was detected and upon moving the bag, an approximately 6� x 10� burn was discovered on lower portion of the seat back.

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Regarding/related to claim 0484819107 69 complaints: 2003 Volkswagen jetta seats: front assembly: seat . . . I own a 2003 vw jetta 1. 8t with front heated seats. Drivers side seat caught fire due to a short in the seats heater 2 days ago on 12/13/2005 after the heater was on for less than 2 minutes. Burning a small hole trough the seat to the bottom area of my left side (buttock) I have come to find since this happened, my NHTSA has . . . Read more...

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I purchased 2013 vw Beetle as certified pre owned,in 2016, at 30,000 mile approximately steering gears had to be replaced,2 months later the window motors and switches needed replaced and that was the 3rd set. 2 weeks later,the driver window needed to be reinforced and switches needed to be tightened down. The dealership kept my vehicle for 2 solid months bc there was a manufacturer defect on the interior causing door panel to peel, then the ambient lighting broke. Vw exec cust service had been involved for 6 mths at this point, it took until 3/9/18 to get the door panel fixed, meanwhile everytime I picked up the car something different went wrong, intermittent seatbelts malfunction, speed sensors, seat heater po protruding through seat posing electrical shock once it completely penetrated. Passenger seatbelts, air bag light intermittently displayed and 11mths of instrument panel backlight flickering, rough idle, ac repaired 2x. Dealership refuses to fix dropping windows, intermittent seatbelts issue or seat heater issue bc they claim that the seat got wet at some point and therefore the manufacturers warranty wont cover it. However on 06072017, when window switches and motors bc possessed going up and down and interfering with locking controls during a monsoon, and the car clearly was caught in a storm lasting 10 hrs they will not fix and claim that all the safety controls for that seat are damaged bc of getting wet at some point,and so I cannot put my disabled child in it bc of that and it's been in the shop 13 times in 18mths, all for electrical issues. The rear trail arms recall corp has as being completed, however that recall was only if the vehicle was in a rear side accident which it was sold with a clean carfax.

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I have noticed a quarter size burn starting to happen on the seat section of the front passenger seat my son had the seat heater on this morning when driving to school no burn noticed on his leg the car is a convert able Beetle 2003 the seat is in reasonable condition . Leather still supple with no visual defects apart from slight discoloration and some peripheral cracking on the exterior seat section. Will not be able to turn on heated seat.

The contact owns a 2006 Volkswagen Beetle. She noticed red marks along the back of her legs and back. After seeing a doctor she was informed that the red marks were a rash from a heating burn caused by the heated car seats. She was also informed that the rash may never go away. The vehicle was never examined by a dealer. The failure mileage was 60,000 and the current mileage was 100,000.

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The dealer admits that they are unable to fix the front driver seat. The heated option on the seat is inoperable and after a reasonable number of attempts the option is still not functioning. I am goin to arbitration to have vw purchase the vehicle back on 02/15/01. The dealer said that there are similar problems on all Beetles with these seats yet no tech bulletin has been put out as of yet. This car is a lemon and I am getting nowhere.

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