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2005 Volkswagen TOUAREG Seats Front Assembly Seat Heater Cooler Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	509027
Internal NHTSA #	10095861
Manufacurer	Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Brand	VOLKSWAGEN
Model	TOUAREG
Model Year	2005
File date	11/10/04
Component	SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Just bought my 2005 vw jetta gls tdi diesel (turbo) model car from local dealership in columbus, ga. My wife and i drove off the lot (literally) and she immediately turned on her new driver's side heated seat (black leather seat) to test it (lucky she did). The seat would not work at first, then it got hot, and hotter, and started burning her. She cut off the heat switch for the seat, and the seat remained hot. The switch started getting too hot to touch and smelled of smoke, so we turned around and brought the car back that same day/minute. The dealer said it was just the switch. They replaced the switch and when i picked it up,but it then it took about 5 minutes to get warm, but the switch wasn't smoking or extremely hot as before. The next day, the heated seat on the driver's side stopped working all together. Our third day of ownership, we had to schedule a service for the following monday and do without the heated seat all together. The vw service advisor advised me he might have to replace the heating element in the seat itself although he commented "he knew nothing of such problems as this"-?. Anyway, here we sit with a loaner awaiting the verdict, and it appears we might be inheriting a problem from way back. My issue is that the switch got extremely hot, and the seat was hot enough to cause a burn or a car fire. Yes, i know.. Keep the switch off -but, we had it off and the seat still kept getting hotter (during the first incident). I'm afraid these things are going to go bad and someone will have a little diesel car burning up around them with a faulty seatbelt trapping them in a fire! Help, and please get engineering on this one ( re: # pe 03052)*jb
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	178
Number of Occurences	2
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	BOX SPRINGS, GA
VIN pattern	3VWSR69M95MXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	11/10/04
Was original owner?	Y
Anti-lock brakes	Y
Cruise control	Y
Number of cylinders	4
Drive train type	FWD
Transmission type	MAN
Vehicle speed	5
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Type of child seat code
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Dealer's name	CARL GREGORY VW
Dealer's telephone number	706-243-3901
Dealer's city	COLUMBUS
Dealer's state code	GA
Dealer's ZIP code	31909

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2005 Volkswagen TOUAREG Seats Front Assembly Seat Heater Cooler Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2005 Volkswagen TOUAREG Seats Front Assembly Seat Heater Cooler Problems, Complaints and Defects

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