Front Seat Heater/cooler problems of the 2006 Honda Odyssey

Honda odessey 2006 heated seat problem. Heated seat over heated causing no injury but burned leather seat and smoldered while vehicle was sitting in garage. Our concern is that if this was not immediately noticed the seat could have continued to smolder, burn and eventually cause the vehicle to start on fire while parked in the attached garage of our home. I am quite surprised that there is not some sort of safety built into the seat heater that would blow a fuse and cease the flow of electricity. If there is something like this in place it has failed. When we brought the vehicle to wilde Honda in waukesha wisconsin the dealer wanted to charge us to determine the cause of the problem. I did not let them investigate becasue I felt that they should be concerned at the fact that the vehicle may cause additional problems with burning/fire. We have not used the seat heater since this incident.

The contact owns a 2006 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that the front passenger seat warmer burned the leg of a nine year old child. The child was taken to the doctor and suffered second and third degree burns on his left calf. The contact feels that a recall should be issued. The current mileage was 81,000 and failure mileage was 70,000.