Smell something burning when seat warmer on
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Well, as anyone who lives in the northeast USA knows that winter is upon us again therefore the need to crank up those seat warmers again. Well, for the past few days whenever I turn the seat warmers on I get this nasty odor emanating from somewhere in the driver's seat area (can't put my finger on just exactly where as yet). It smells like burning electrical wiring. Has anyone else experienced this? The smell is so strong that I have to turn off the seat warmer and open the windows to air the car out.
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do a search. someone posted the BMW bulliten about problems w/ the seat heaters. Thought there was some kind of recall for it...
Here it is
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=5304
Here it is
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=5304
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Originally Posted by subterFUSE' date='Dec 17 2004, 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by bankerboyz' date='Dec 17 2004, 01:42 PM
Thanks KSCarrol, I will do a search.
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If I were you, I'd stop using the heater immediately before you end up burning the seat or yourself!
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Originally Posted by bankerboyz' date='Dec 17 2004, 11:43 AM
Well, as anyone who lives in the northeast USA knows that winter is upon us again therefore the need to crank up those seat warmers again. Well, for the past few days whenever I turn the seat warmers on I get this nasty odor emanating from somewhere in the driver's seat area (can't put my finger on just exactly where as yet). It smells like burning electrical wiring. Has anyone else experienced this? The smell is so strong that I have to turn off the seat warmer and open the windows to air the car out.
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