Mercedes Benz owners sue car company claiming hot metal badges gave them burns

Mercedes Benz owners sue car company claiming hot metal badges gave them burns Two luxe Mercedes-AMG drivers have taken the famous car company to court and claimed they were left with burns from a logo on their seat Two Mercedes-AMG car drivers have sued the luxury car company and claimed a logo on the driver's seat left them with burns. Gabriel Lahijani and Karendeep "Karina" Bath alleged that an AMG logo on the seat got so hot from the sun and caused burns, according to documents filed in a California court. The two drivers claimed the front seats of certain AMG vehicles had a design defect where the raised metallic logo was "reasonably expected to contact an occupant's upper back, neck, or shoulder". Mr Lahijani, who lives in Los Angeles, reportedly leased a 2026 AMG E-Class car from a Mercedes-Benz dealership. The man claimed he suffered with second-degree burns on his back after getting into his car in a tank top, on May 31, according to the lawsuit. This claimant added that a dermatologist had recorded the injury as "AMG inscribed" and wrote that it had been first and second-degree burns. Around six weeks later, Bath claimed to have received similar burns allegedly from the logo design while she wore a sleeveless top. Bath, from Chatsworth, California, had parked her Mercedes-AMG in Los Angeles then later returned to the vehicle and entered the driver's seat, the suit said. Her shoulder immediately touched the logo and allegedly caused a burning sensation, according to court papers. In the following days, a mark in the shape of the AMG logo "darkened and became visible on her skin, consistent with a thermal contact burn", the lawsuit said. The two claimants want Mercedes to compensate them for any medical expenses, as well as any pain, suffering and emotional distress they can prove at trial. They also want the well-known car company to pay for other owners to have the logo removed from their cars. This comes after Mercedes-Benz USA and parent company Daimler AG agreed to pay $149.6 million, in December, to settle allegations that the automaker secretly installed devices in hundreds of thousands of vehicles to pass emission tests, according to an announcement by a coalition of attorneys general. According to the coalition, between 2008 and 2016 the German car company equipped more than 211,000 diesel passenger cars and vans with software devices that optimised emission controls during tests but reduced the controls during normal operations. 50 attorney generals from across the US were involved in the lawsuit and the settlement included $200m in potential consumer relief. At the time, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said: "This settlement sends a clear message to consumers: they deserve honesty, and deceptive marketing won’t be tolerated." The Mirror has reached out to Mercedes-Benz for comment.