2000 Chevrolet Impala Seats Problems

“I have a 2000 Impala ls and the rt side seat warmer over heated and almost caught on fire. My local chevy dealership said they had seen several do this, but there's no recall. My husband unplugged it and remove fuse. Now the seat is all burned and cracking, looks very bad. Why wasn't there a recall on this? I've read where some people have had their seat to catch on fire and blaze up.”

“Right passenger heated seat overheated and charred leather seat cover before I noticed a burning smell. I've removed fuse to this seat, but my seat is ruined. My local Chevrolet dealer said he has had three other GM vehicles to do this and even caught one man's coat on fire laying in the seat. But , he said there was no recalls on his records from GM. Now I'm stuck with a five or six hundred dollar repair bill if I have it fixed. I can't take fuse out for driver,s seat, as it also controls another function on car. …”

“Side air bag/heated seat,closed the drivers side door and the air bag deployed on its own causing a really big bruise on my daughters side.contacted the g.m. Dealership about it and was told that they would look into it and to not contact anyone else. Never heard anything back from them.then about a month later the passenger side seat started burning and it ruined the center console ,seat,and carpet. No sense in contacting g.m. …”

“The consumer stated while driving, the passenger seat warmer became very hot. The problem was not noticed until a coat in the seat caught on fire. The coat was discarded from the vehicle while moving in order to keep the fire from spreading. The passenger seat was damaged as a result of the fire.”

“Complainant was traveling on interstate highway when driver's leather seat suddenly became extremely hot, causing burns to lower back and buttocks. Seat became hot despite fact that switch controlling heated seat had been, and was still in the off position. Seat continued to burn regardless of setting of 3-position control switch. Seat continued to burn despite vehicle being turned off. Seat continued to burn until complainant located driver's side fuse box and removed fuse marked for driver's heated seat/bcm. …”