2003 BMW X5 — SEATS

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2003 BMW X5 — SEATS
Start: 2022-01-24

fire · 1790536 · 2022-01-27

Vehicle

Make: BMW
Model: X5
Year: 2003
Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
Component: SEATS
Speed: 45 mph

Severity

Deaths: 0
Injured: 0
Fire: Yes
Crash: No
Police report: No
Medical attention: No
Vehicle towed: No

Narrative

LH - Driver side seat caught fire and melted through seat material and melted onto my coat. there are burn marks / holes through the seat due to the heater malfunction/ short. My coat was also ruined with plastic melted onto it from the seat.

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 11449083
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown