# My Car Seat Warmer (and my sweater!) Caught Fire While I Was Driving **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [May 23, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-seat-warmer-and-my-sweater-caught-fire-while-i-was-driving/64897 "2011-05-23T15:01:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![capeannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@capeannie](https://community.cartalk.com/u/capeannie)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-seat-warmer-and-my-sweater-caught-fire-while-i-was-driving/64897/1 "2011-05-23T15:01:49Z")
The seat warmer of the driver’s seat of my 2006 Mercedes R Class caught fire while I was driving in the fast lane of the New Jersey Turnpike. It took a few horrifying minutes to realize the acrid smell was not the industrial landscape but the burning wool of the sweater I was wearing. Recently a friend told me of a seat warmer fire in another Mercedes. Anybody else out there? ---
**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-seat-warmer-and-my-sweater-caught-fire-while-i-was-driving/64897/2 "2011-05-23T15:24:24Z")
The Best, …Or Nothing… Call your lawyer ! Call your lawyer! You could have been killed! Oh my God!! With very little prodding, the Dealer should install a new seat in your car… ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-seat-warmer-and-my-sweater-caught-fire-while-i-was-driving/64897/3 "2011-05-23T15:34:49Z")
I searched the US Department of Transportation database, and there are no recalls or complaints for this problem. You should certainly bring it to MBs attention. Your first stop should be your dealer. I guess your seats are charred? Also show them the sweater. You might also file a complaint at the US DoT, but give MB a chance to help you first: [https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ivoq/](https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ivoq/) ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-seat-warmer-and-my-sweater-caught-fire-while-i-was-driving/64897/4 "2011-05-23T16:32:50Z")
> **[Mercedes-Benz - Failed Heated Seat Causing Fire](https://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/mercedes-benz-edison-new-jersey-c290928.html)** > > This past Tuesday (12/15/2009), 5 minutes after I start up the car (GL 450), it burned through the seat and burned my jacket, created lot smokes ... and I almost ran into car accident ... finally managed to stop the car ... I totally lost the... Tester ---
**Author:** ![oblivion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ab097/32.png) [@oblivion](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oblivion)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-seat-warmer-and-my-sweater-caught-fire-while-i-was-driving/64897/5 "2011-05-23T22:16:28Z")
Take detailed pictures of the damaged seat (and sweater) before you let a dealer touch it. ---
**Author:** ![doubleclutch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/doubleclutch/32/1281_2.png) [@doubleclutch](https://community.cartalk.com/u/doubleclutch)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-seat-warmer-and-my-sweater-caught-fire-while-i-was-driving/64897/6 "2011-05-23T22:27:28Z")
I would definitely call a lawyer, although I’d give Mercedes a chance to find the problem and rectify it. I’ve heard that those Mercedes seat warmers work well, but geez! ---
**Author:** ![bscar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bscar/32/34_2.png) [@bscar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-seat-warmer-and-my-sweater-caught-fire-while-i-was-driving/64897/7 "2011-05-24T00:09:58Z")
I suppose the opposite would be using the seat cooler and getting frost bite/ ice formation