2006 BMW X5 Seats Problems

“When using the heated driver seat, it begins to smoke and give off a burning smell. I don't know if it would catch on fire, I turned it off as soon as I realized it was the seat burning and smoking. I bought this vehicle used and just thought the seat was a bit worn in that spot. I checked for recalls on this year and there aren't any. My car was stationary when this occurred, parked in a parking lot.”

“While driving I turned on my heated seats and about 15 minutes later my drivers side seat became very hot and started to burn me. I pulled over abruptly, jumped out of my car and noticed that my pants was discolored/burned and my seat was burned and had a burn hole (about 3.5 inches) in it., the car had a plastic type burn smell in it. I am terrified to turn on the heated seats again.”

“My heated seat caught on fire and burned me and my coat. I very rarely used it at all. I started using it and it was probably the 10th time I used it when it occurred.”

“After experiencing the same issue for which Bmw issued this recall NHTSA action number: ea08001 I learned that because my 2006 X5 was manufactured after november 30, 2005, Bmw is not covering under warranty the very same defect that vehicles manufactured prior to november 30, 2005 are under warranty for (extended to 10 years with no mileage restrictions). The explanation is that is the recall policy. We manage this via VIN numbers .”

“The heaters in both the driver's and front passenger seats overheated to the point that it was too hot to touch and melted the leather seats. We are not sure if the heaters were even engaged at the time. We brought the car to the local Bmw service department and were denied any assistance or warranty coverage. We then called the national Bmw customer service number and were also turned down. The costs to fix this very dangerous issue would be close to the value of the vehicle. …”