Recently I turned on my heated seats in my 2005 A4, for the first time in months and after about 15 minutes, I realized that it burnt a hole about the size of a quarter through my seat, my jacket and my shirt. Anyone heard of this happening before? Any recalls?

 

it will be a return issue its an 05 car and still covered by the warranty ( lets hope no one dropped a lighted ciggy there )

 

LOL! Thats pretty warm. Still under warranty? If so I'd take it to the dealership with the burned clothes and see what they say.

 

the car is 2 years old and these things are covered plus its a serious issue and the dealers would want to know if there was a problem and that's how recalls start

 

I'll keep you posted on the outcome at the dealership. FYI: I read on a few site that it seems to be a common problem with heated seats in general. (Haven't found any other A4 examples, but a few similar problems have been posted with VW models)

 

its not a common problem by any means these systems are rigorously tested for this so its serious ( ill do some checks )[:-]

 

thats funny this thread just started because i have a rip in my leather and if you look down in it you can see a big burn mark where the insides of the seat are being burned... i put the heated seat on and couldnt stand how bad it was burning me... ill see if i can post a pic

 

I hope this doesn't happen to me, I use my heated seats everyday in the winter. They are one of the top features of the car for me heh

 

If I worried about things that could happen life would be on edge

 

Second that - I love mine. They're one of my favorite features on the car, hands down. Even moreso for my GF - she's in the market for a car and me having the Audi for the last year has her casing the Audi/Porsche dealership for deals on a weekly basis