While driving and turning on the seat warmer within fifteen seconds consumer's skin burned. It didn't matter if it was on high or low. Consumer was concerned with electrical problems or a possible fire.
2000 Chrysler Town and Country seats complaints
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The driver and passenger heated seat malfunctioned and started melting and smoking.
While using the heated driver's seat, some spots became very hot. Then, the heater did not work anymore.
Drivers heater seat to hot to use. May start a fire if left on.
The consumer notice an unusual smell inside the vehicle. Upon further inspection the consumer noticed that the seat warmer was on and a jacket was in the seat. When the consumer removed the jacket from seat she saw burn holes in the seat and jacket.
The passenger front seat caught on fire. The owner presumed that the wiring in the seat was defected. The vehicle is equipped with heated seats. Please provide any additional information.
Driver's side seat warmer overheated and burnt through the seat's leather and driver's clothing. This resulted in the driver's back being burnt.
I just read about the seatbelt concerns, and I would like to help get the belts recalled. I have two children and have not had an incident and would like to prevent one also.
I have a year 2000 chrysler town & country van the seat heater set fire to the leather on the seat. The dealer would not fix the seat due to the van being under extended warranty not the factory warranty. From the information on the net chrysler knew about this problem in 1999 and it looks like they didn't bother to fix it in the vans built for the year 2000. Having to put out a fire while driving is not something I bargained for when I bought the van. What would have happened if no one saw the fire and left the van next to the house?
While driving at 65 MPH and with no warning, the automatic transmission failed. The dealer stated that the vehicle was only covered up to 36000 miles. *ak the vehicle lurched forward, screeched and the transmission had gone out. Also, the front seat adjustment motor stopped working in the up and down position. *scc the driver and passenger window motors, AC compressor,and the automatic tailgate close latch all had to be replaced.
On september 30, 2003,while my wife was driving around town on errands with our four children, she noticed smoke coming from the front passenger seat. Ultimately, a hole burned through the leather seat as a result of a malfunction/failure in the heated seat system. Luckily, my wife had the presence of mind to shut off the seat and get everyone out of the car in time to avoid a full blown fire. However, this situation was extremely dangerous and a tragedy was averted only by her quick reaction. A seat heating system that does not have a mechanism to shut itself off before it gets this hot is unreasonably dangerous and should be recalled immediately at the manufacturer's expense.
The passenger side heated seat malfunctioned and burned a through the leather interior.
The passenger seat heater failed.
2000 chrysler town& country (limited) owed for 2 years 11 months, 57300 miles -I went to my vehicle to run an errand. While sitting in my driveway, I turned on the seat heater to warm it up due to the severe cold. The seat began to smoke and burned through the leather seat. I immediately turned off the seat heater and saw glowing embers around the hole that was created from a high heat source. I turned seat heater back on to confirm the source of the glowing embers. Sparks began to shot out of hole in burnt leather seat. My thoughts are that something in the heater caused the smoke and glowing embers. Although, this car has high mileage, the leather seats are in excellent condition. I would expect that the seat heater would be reasonably durable. This car has the chrysler basic warranty, but the issue of safety/hazard cannot be denied. If this had been the passengers seat with a child, instead of an adult, the outcome may have been completely different. Also, if I had been driving in heavy traffic on the interstate (my route to work is va interstate 66 and is usually very heavily traveled) I might not have been able to get to the side of the road safely. Note, during this event, no fuses burned out to my knowledge.
While driving consumer started smelling burning of wirers. Smell was coming from under driver's seat. Dealer notified. Ph..
Seat warmer in driver side seat caught fire and burned hole in seat and damaged womans coat.
The passenger side seat burned. The spontaneous ignition was caused by the heating element in the seat cushion which burned a hole through the leather seat. No one was occupying the seat at the time of the incident. *mr
Oem seat heater caused fire and burned hole in the leather. Can't seem to get chrysler interested in this potentially serious issue. Dt
While driving and coming to a sudden stop rear driver's side seat, which could be unlatched and taken out but in this case was latched, moved forward, hitting front driver's seat. Usually their child would be sitting in that seat. This might have caused injuries. Dealer said there was no problem with seat latch system.
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