Two drivers of Mercedes AMG cars file class action lawsuit over an alleged burn hazard in its logo
The plaintiffs say the raised AMG seat logo caused first- and second-degree burns and seek medical costs, damages and logo removal for other owners.
- Two drivers filed a class action lawsuit earlier this week in U.S. District Court of California's Western division, alleging the raised metallic AMG logo on front seats is reasonably expected to contact an occupant's upper back, neck, or shoulder.
- Lahijani reported second-degree burns on May 31 after entering his leased 2026 Mercedes-AMG E-Class wearing a tank top, with a board-certified dermatologist documenting the injury as AMG inscribed on his skin.
- Roughly six weeks later, Chatsworth resident Karendeep Karina Bath received similar burns while wearing a sleeveless top; a mark in the shape of the AMG logo darkened and became visible on her skin, consistent with a thermal contact burn.
- Plaintiffs seek compensation for medical expenses, pain, suffering, and emotional distress, alongside costs for Mercedes to remove the logo from other owners' vehicles. Mercedes-Benz could not be reached immediately for comment.
- Mercedes-Benz USA and parent company Daimer agreed to pay $149.6 million in December to settle allegations the automaker secretly installed emission-control devices in more than 211,000 diesel vehicles between 2008 and 2016.
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Two Mercedes AMG car drivers filed a collective lawsuit against the luxury car company, claiming that the AMG logo on the driver's seat is so heated that it literally marks them and causes them to burn. Gabriel Lahijani and Karendeep “Karina” Bath claim that the front seats of certain Mercedes AMG vehicles have a design defect whereby “it can reasonably be expected that (the embossed AMG metal logo) come into contact with the top of a occupant's…
Drivers of Mercedes AMG cars file a class action lawsuit, claiming the front-seat logo gets so hot that it literally brands them and causes burns
Certain Mercedes AMG vehicles have a design defect where the raised metallic AMG logo is “reasonably expected to contact an occupant’s upper back, neck, or shoulder,” according to the suit.
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Two drivers of Mercedes AMG cars file class action lawsuit over an alleged burn hazard in its logo
Two drivers of Mercedes AMG cars have filed a class action lawsuit against the luxury car company, saying that the AMG logo on their driver’s seat gets so hot that it literally brands them and causes burns.
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