NHTSA Complaint #10625922 — 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO

AFTER READING AN ARTICLE ABOUT A PARAPLEGIC WOMAN WHO GOT SEVERELY BURNED BY HER FRIENDS SUBURBAN'S HEATED SEATS, I FIND IT ESSENTIAL TO REPORT THAT I'VE ALWAYS FOUND THAT MY DRIVERS HEATED SEAT SOMETIMES GET EXTREMELY HOT. FORTUNATELY, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TURN THEM OFF BEFORE ANY INJURIES. THE WOMAN REPORTED NOT KNOWING HOW HER HEATED SEAT GOT TURNED ON. IF HER FRIENDS VEHICLE IS LIKE MINE, AN MANY OTHERS WHO HAVE COMPLAINED ON MULTIPLE OPEN FORUM WEBSITES, THE HEATED SEATS IN MANY OF CHEVROLET'S TRUCKS AND SUVS ARE KNOWN TO TURN ON THEIR OWN. I HAVE HAD TO UNPLUG MY SEATS DUE TO THE HEATER TURNING ON ERRATICALLY AND CYCLING THROUGH THE 3 HEAT LEVELS ON THEIR OWN. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED ON MULTIPLE WEBSITES THAT PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED TO GM ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND PEOPLE WHOSE VEHICLE WERE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY HAVE BEEN FORCED TO PURCHASE A VERY EXPENSIVE DOOR SWITCH ASSEMBLY. ALTHOUGH NOT A SAFETY ISSUE TO ME, I CAN SEE HOW THIS ERRATIC BEHAVIOR OF THE HEATED SEATS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREMELY HIGH TEMPERATURES COULD BE A DANGER TO SOMEBODY WITHOUT ALL THE SENSATIONS IN THEIR LOWER HALF. I HOPE THAT THIS REPORT WILL HELP WITH ANY STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF HEATED SEAT PROBLEMS THE NHTSA ACCOMPLISHES. AND I HOPE THE ISSUE IS RESOLVED BY GM. *TR