Re: Heated seat burnt my a**! (YK-GTR)

Second one in a week....

 

Way back in '87 same thing happened when I was driving my father's '87 Audi 5000 CS Quattro. The seat basically got super hot and probably shorted out. Can't remember the fix, but this sounds like a similar issue.

 

Re: Heated seat burnt my a**! (Needsdecaf)

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Second one in a week....

I hadn't been on lately, who else had the same issue?

 

Re: Heated seat burnt my a**! (YK-GTR)

http://forums.swedespeed.com/zerothread?id=108136

Go to Volvo. Out of warranty or not, you're lucky you're not hurt, or the car didn't catch fire.

 

Re: Heated seat burnt my a**! (YK-GTR)

Happened to my friends 04' VR two weeks ago. He was out of warranty and dealer refused to good-will it. So he called Volvo North America and they sent a field tech/rep out to check it and gave the OK to warranty it. I suggest you try the same route. Good luck and sorry to hear about yo' rear. HA!

 

Happened to my friends 04' VR two weeks ago. He was out of warranty and dealer refused to good-will it. So he called Volvo North America and they sent a field tech/rep out to check it and gave the OK to warranty it. I suggest you try the same route. Good luck and sorry to hear about yo' rear. HA!

What year and model was your friends car. I believe that this same thing may be happening to my car.

 

Re: Heated seat burnt my a**! (Needsdecaf)

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http://forums.swedespeed.com/zerothread?id=108136 you're lucky the car didn't catch fire.

You didn't hear this from me but next time you smell that burning smell..................................................

 

Re: Heated seat burnt my a**! (Needsdecaf)

looks life the realiability period for the heat sensor on the heated seats is about 4.25 years...

 

looks life the realiability period for the heat sensor on the heated seats is about 4.25 years...

The tampon must have something to do with this period you speak of!!

 

Currently litigating one of these on an Escalade that casued permanent burns.

Long story short, microfractures can cause these things to get HOT in a hurry.

MFG's need to have a sensor in there.

 

Re: Heated seat burnt my a**! (Jersey R)

The P2 seat heater grid is pretty good and usually lasts the life of the car.
It was the 850's that shorted out and caught fire!

Yours is not the norm. However as we all know any part can fail at any time, it's just a piece of machinery.

 

Re: Heated seat burnt my a**! (JRL)

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The P2 seat heater grid is pretty good and usually lasts the life of the car.

Out of curiosity, how does one assess that considering the cars have been out for only about 4 years now? Maybe we're on the verge of an epidemic, especially with winter coming up? I know I'm certainly worried, my wife uses them on high every single day now that it's cold.

 

Quote, originally posted by JRL »

The P2 seat heater grid is pretty good and usually lasts the life of the car.

Out of curiosity, how does one assess that considering the cars have been out for only about 4 years now? Maybe we're on the verge of an epidemic, especially with winter coming up? I know I'm certainly worried, my wife uses them on high every single day now that it's cold.

Because P2 started in 2001, not 2004

 

Re: Heated seat burnt my a**! (-Pascal)

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Out of curiosity, how does one assess that considering the cars have been out for only about 4 years now? Maybe we're on the verge of an epidemic, especially with winter coming up? I know I'm certainly worried, my wife uses them on high every single day now that it's cold.

P2's have been out since 2000 (?) for the S80 and 2001 for the V70 / S60.

 

Re: Heated seat burnt my a**! (oclv)

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You didn't hear this from me but next time you smell that burning smell..................................................

No kidding. If this happened to me out of warranty, I'd go park my R in a field of grass or hay on a dry day and turn on the seat heaters and walk away. Maybe leave an open full gas can on the seat too. My deductible is way less than a seat replacement.

 

Re: Heated seat burnt my a**! (Warpedcow)

This happened to my friends mom's car. Turns out a wrapped tampon fell out of her purse, worked its way under the seat, melted and caused a short.

Before you try and go through Volvo NA, check to make sure theres no tampon.

 

This just happened to me too.

My seat just burnt me and the leather as well. Does any one know what the best phone number to call would be to try to make a warranty claim, I am out of warranty?

 

This same thing happened to me. On the drivers seat left bolster, it felt like there was a needle poking me in the thigh when the heated seat was on maximum. Thought a sharp object was under the leather but them I realized that if I apply pressure to the seat, it gets really hot in that one space. Hasnt burned through the leather, but it appears that my heated seats are now not functioning.

Havent checked the fuses yet, but this is really concerning and am very interested in following this thread. Possible safety issue.

 

Y-GTR what year is your R?

So far the others I've looked up have all ben '04's,,, now the design of the seats is slightly different, though i suspect the heating elements are exactly the same. I'd be pissed if it burned through my atacama as well.

 

If the seat is hot enough to burn through the leather wouldn't common sense say shut it off?