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Old 02-28-2007, 06:45 AM
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Was driving home this evening and saw this poor X
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Old 02-28-2007, 06:50 AM
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wow...i hope if there were people in the car that they're are okay.

...huh...and you were driving your X next to it...awkward
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that's not the smartest way to smoke out the brake lights.
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Old 02-28-2007, 08:27 AM
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Old 02-28-2007, 08:29 AM
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My '05 is in the shop right now, to replace the driver's seat. I had the heated seat on, and noticed that it was much hotter than normal. When I got out of the X, there was a 1/4" hole in the leather. The heater element had burned a hole in the seat.

I wonder if I had kept on driving, if it would have caught me on fire, then the X? Scary.
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My '05 is in the shop right now, to replace the driver's seat. I had the heated seat on, and noticed that it was much hotter than normal. When I got out of the X, there was a 1/4" hole in the leather. The heater element had burned a hole in the seat.

I wonder if I had kept on driving, if it would have caught me on fire, then the X? Scary.
Dang!! I thought they would have fixed that issue by the 2005 model year
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My '05 is in the shop right now, to replace the driver's seat. I had the heated seat on, and noticed that it was much hotter than normal. When I got out of the X, there was a 1/4" hole in the leather. The heater element had burned a hole in the seat.

I wonder if I had kept on driving, if it would have caught me on fire, then the X? Scary.
It would not have caught fire lol, my mom's car had the same thing and we had to get a new drivers seat too
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My '05 is in the shop right now, to replace the driver's seat. I had the heated seat on, and noticed that it was much hotter than normal. When I got out of the X, there was a 1/4" hole in the leather. The heater element had burned a hole in the seat.

I wonder if I had kept on driving, if it would have caught me on fire, then the X? Scary.
Can you tell us what month/yr your 05 was produced?
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Old 03-01-2007, 12:32 AM
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Can you tell us what month/yr your 05 was produced?
My '05 was produced in August of 2004. Got it back today, with a new lower seat cushion, new heat element, & new leather cover. Good as new.
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Old 02-28-2007, 08:40 AM
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that'll buff right out

poor X ... hope the interior occupants were OK
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