NHTSA Complaint #10853877 — 2004 HONDA PILOT

THE HEATING ELEMENT ON THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT GETS SO HOT YOU HAVE TO TURN IT OFF TO KEEP FROM GETTING BURNT. IT GETS SO HOT YOU CAN'T STAND IT. IT HAPPENS ON BOTH THE HI AND LO SETTINGS. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL OF THE TIME BUT WHEN IT DOES IT CONTINUES UNTIL THE HEATER IS TURNED OFF. AS MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM, I'D THINK SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE TO FIX THE PROBLEM BEFORE IT CAUSE A MORE SERIOUS PROBLEM. WHEN IT HAPPENS IT GETS HOT FAST. ONE TIME WHEN I NOTICED IT WAS GETTING HOT BEFORE I COULD GET IT TURNED OF IT GOT SO HOT I COULD HARDLY STAND IT. FORTUNATELY I WAS NOT IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR THE REACTION TO IT COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THIS HAS HAPPENED BOTH WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. IT HAS HAPPENED IN ALL SORTS OF WEATHER CONDITIONS.