NHTSA Complaint #11496166 — 2008 MERCEDES-BENZ E350

SEATS issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	11496166
Vehicle	2008 MERCEDES-BENZ E350
Component	SEATS
Date of Incident	November 30, 2022
Date Filed	December 5, 2022
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	WA

Consumer Description

The driver side seat warmer melted through the leather seat and burnt a hole in my sweater The seat could have got on fire We took the car to Mercedes Benz of Lynnwood where our service advisor, John McDonald took pictures to send to MBenz USA The display panel did not show any error messages or error codes

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