W204 headrest restraint

[iactac]

My W204 headrest (driver side) is giving me lots of headache these couple of weeks. It gets activated for no reason and when sent to C&C, they said nothing wrong. Today, it activated again while on straight road driving and this time, a burning smell accompanied. Then, a message that the restraint system malfunction appeared. The headrest was slightly warm and i am really not sure what happened or what is burning. Anyone has this problem before?

[blackmercs]

Whats yr ride? Sedan? YOM?

[iactac]

2009 C200. I just hope it won't burn my whole car.

[blackmercs]

2009 C200. I just hope it won't burn my whole car.

The height adjustment is by control button or manually? Am asking coz it is by manually rite?

[iactac]

No, not manually. The seat adjustments are all electronically controlled.

[iactac]

Sent in to C&C for a thorough check and came back with nothing wrong with the SRS. The burning smell was due to the fuse blown (ok, I didn't even know there's a fuse in a car seat/headrest!) and they replaced it, reset the headrest, and asked me to monitor. So far so good and hope this will be it.

They also told me that the wire of the front headlamp (side marker) has brunt and needs to be replaced. I knew about this during the last servicing as there's a message on the dashboard. When they said replaced, it's replacing the whole lamp (not wire or bulb). The SA quoted around 800+; so logically, I asked him to hold on to it. I am just worried that this might lead to bigger issue so will change it somehow. Am currently seraching around and if anyone has a better deal elsewhere, don't mind let me know.

[jon]

Wow... thanks for sharing. Something new to me.