Front Seat Heater/cooler problems of the 1997 Volvo 850

Prior to being notified for the electrical seat heater, recall 02 v 314 000, the defect accrued and vehicle was totaled.

The wiring for the seat heater shorted, causing the ignition of a fire in the vehicle under the driver's seat. Our Volvo dealer described the cause of the fire as normal use, I. E. , feet or other items under the seat had knocked the connection loose. Accordingly, since the vehicle was out of warranty we paid for the repair. Fortunately, the incident occurred in our driveway with the vehicle parked, although our 10 month old infant was in the car, strapped in her car seat (in the center of the rear seat) while the driver was opening a residential gate. Upon returning to the car, the driver noticed a large amount of smoke pouring out from under the driver's seat. The driver ran back to the car and immediately turned the ignition off. We are extremely lucky that the incident occurred while the car was parked, the driver had left the front door open while leaving the vehicle to open the gate and we were able to get our baby out of the vehicle before she had inhaled a dangerous amount of electrical smoke. We drove a Volvo for safety, but no longer. Volvo's customer service department has been notified but responded with only an apology and no recognition that there may be a safety defect.

Vehicle was parked and running when it suddenly burst into flames and burned up. Fire seems to have originated from the drivers seat. Claim# 20-5456-209.

The vehicle was running for 3-5 minutes with the seat heater on when the left front seat bottom heater caught fire, the invesigator reported that this fire was the result of unregulated operation of the heater pad wires. Nlm.

Fire erupted under the driver's seat filling the vehicle with smoke very quickly, this vehicle was delivered from europe therefore a fire extinguisher came as standard equipment with the vehicle, the consumer believes the vehicle sustained little damage because the fire extinguisher was available and thinks they should be standard equipment in u. S. Vehicles also. Nlm.

Driver's seat heater did not operate. Front passenger's side seat heater was repaired under recall 02v314000, but consumer must pay to get the driver's seat repaired.

Consumer's complaint regarding recall campaign 112. (recall # 02v314000) the seat heater did not operate properly. The consumer received a notice which indicated that in the instance where the seat heaters didn't operate, the corrective action may not restore full functionality. The remedy did not restore the full benefit of the vehicle. The consumer requested compensation. There was also an a/c problem.