NHTSA Complaint #10485396 — 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE

AFTER JUST LESS THAN 30K MILES, BOTH FRONT SEAT ELEMENTS STARTED TO GET OVERLY HOT, THEN STOPPED WORKING. TOOK INTO DEALER, FOUND SHORT IN BOTTOM ELEMENT. VEHICLE WAS STILLL UNDER WARRANTY, I HAD ALSO BOUGHT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. EVERYTHING FOR THAT EIGHT WAY POWERED SEAT WAS COVERED BUT THE HEATER ELEMENT. WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE AN $800 PER SEAT FIX. I DECLINED TO HAVE IT FIXED. NOW I FIND OUT THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT ISSUE, BUT THAT IT DOES NOT COVER MY VIN NUMBER ACCORDING TO BOTH THE DEALER AND DAIMLERCHRYSLER. IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE HOW THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS AFTER READING ALL THE BLOGS FROM PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME ISSUE AND THE SAME RESPONSE FROM CHRYSLER. SURE COULD USE SOME HELP GETTING THEM TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. *TR