Front Seat Heater/cooler Problems of Buick Regal

Driver side seat heater has gone out twice.

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The contact owns a 2011 Buick Regal. The contact stated that the front driver side seat warmer failed to operate. The dealer stated that the vehicle was unable to be repaired until it was serviced per NHTSA campaign number: 16v517000 (electrical system, seats). The part was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

The contact owns a 2002 Buick Regal. The contact stated that after activating the front driver¿s side heated seat function, the heater could not turned off when switched to the off position. The contact indicated that the vehicle had to be completely shut off in order to deactivate the heated seat function. The contact also indicated that the heated seat had become very hot to the touch. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 160,000.

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The contact owns a 2011 Buick Regal. Whenever the front driver side seat warmer was activated, it became inoperable without warning. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v517000 (electrical system, seats); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 25,000.

- the contact stated that the driver's seat heating elements on the 2002 Buick Regal were not working properly, when the heat was on either high or low the seat overheated. At times when the selector switch was set to off the seat continued to overheat. On 02/08/07 when the contact got into the vehicle in the morning she noticed that the driver's front seat had a big hole in the middle of the seat. Contact stated that one could smell the burning of the seat as well. The contact has picture of the burnt seat. The vehiclewas currently at the dealer. The failure and current mileage were 83700.

Buick Regal. The heating module in the driver's seat malfunctioned, catching on fire and burnt a hole in the middle of seat. Consumer is seeking reimbursement for repairs. The dealer was unable to ascertain the cause of the malfunction.

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I owned a 2003 Buick Regal with 13,000 miles that I purchased new at a dealer in indianapolis in July of 2003. As I was driving home on February 4, 2005 from running errands, my seat heater in the driver seat became so hot that I had to pull over and put my winter coat down to sit on in order to finish the drive home. When I arrived at my home, I pulled into the garage and turned the car off. A short time later, I smelled something burning. I could not find anything in the house that was on fire. I looked out into the garage and the inside of my Buick was on fire. I called the fire department that was located about one block from my home. They came immediately and put out the fire as well as disconnected the electrical system so that my home would not catch on fire. I immediately contactacted gm roadside assistance. I was told that a wrecker would come within two hours and pick up the car and take it to the nearest dealer. The wrecker did pick up the vehicle on Feb. 4th and transported it to eric dickerson Buick in indianapolis. A diagnostics was run on Monday February 7th. It was determined by the dealer that there was a short in the wiring for the seat heater. As a result, the entire car was totaled. I filed a complaint with Buick and asked that the car be replaced. After many weeks of being put off by gm, we were offered a settlement by gm to not sue them. I was allowed to purchase a new 2005 Buick lacrosse, however, I had to give them my car and $3,528. 62 of my savings. Gm did pay for my car rental for the time I needed one. I believe gm should have replaced my car with a new one at no cost to me. They left me no choice. I had to have a car. Plus, they are not recalling this vehicle. I think all of them should be checked. This was very upsetting to me as I am nearly 80 years old. But, this incident scared me and left me with a depleted savings account. But, it was cheaper than going out and buying a new or used car similar to my 2003.

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As per a previous complaint I reviewed on your website, odi #10142582, I had a similar experience. However, mine involved the passenger seat heating element which overheated/shorted and melted my passenger side leather seat. Buick refused to replace it. My Regal had a very similar VIN to the one I stated above. These two incidents seem very similar. What are my recourses?.

While driving at any speed consumer felt that the vehicle's seat was getting too warm. Consumer stopped at a rest stop to use the facilities and returned to the vehicle. Upon returning to the vehicle consumer noticed that the vehicle was filled with smoke. The consumer claimed that no one in the vehicle smoked. Consumer mentioned that there were heated seats in the vehicle that may have caused the fire. Vehicle was taken to the dealer who refused to help solve the problem. It was later determined that eh heat seat wiring malfunctioned and caused a small fire which left a hole in the seat about 6 inches in diameter.

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The passenger side seat (without the heat switch being turned on) got so hot it melted a plastic bag on the seat and got the bottom of the seat so hot it melted the foam under the leather and caused a brown burn mark in the middle of the grey leather seats.

Front passenger seat heater burned black coil patterns though the leather on the seat (beige seat), when discovered the seat was extremely hot to touch. Dealer suspected a short circuit in the seat heating coil mechanism. I have concerns that this problem may lead to fire.

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