I HAD A SCARY MORNING! THE DRIVER'S SEAT IN MY CAR CAUGHT FIRE THIS MORNING. I DROPPED THE KIDS OFF AT THE BABYSITTERS HOUSE AND I LEFT MY CAR RUNNING. I GO BACK OUT AND THOUGHT I SMELLED SMOKE. I THOUGHT WELL MAYBE MY SEAT HAD SOME PAPER OR SOME TRASH ON IT SO I TURNED IT OFF. I DROVE ABOUT 4 BLOCKS AND I FELT LIKE MY LEG WAS ON FIRE. SO I PULLED OVER AND I SAW THIS SMOKE COMING OUT OF MY SEAT AND ABOUT A 1-1 1/2" INCH SLIT WHERE MY SEAT HAD BEEN BURNT! SO I DROVE TO THE CAR DEALERSHIP DRIVING IN AN AWKWARD POSITION. APPARENTLY THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME? OR FREQUENTLY ENOUGH THAT THE SERVICE CENTER WASN'T SURPRISED WHEN I TOLD THEM MY SEAT WAS ON FIRE. I DREAD WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED HAD IT BEEN MY PASSENGER SEAT AND HAD BEEN ACCIDENTALLY TURNED ON BECAUSE I HAD A STACK FULL OF PAPERS AND MAGAZINES ON IT. I HAD NOTICED THAT MY SEAT WARMER WAS GETTING EXTREMELY HOT LATELY BUT DIDN'T ATTRIBUTE IT TO A DEFECT BUT MORE TO A SENSITIVITY WITH HEAT DUE TO MY PREGNANCY. *JB