# 2004 PONTIAC MONTANA — SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER
> NHTSA complaint `566408` · 2005-12-19 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** PONTIAC
- **Model:** MONTANA
- **Year:** 2004
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER
- **Miles at failure:** 22,295
## Narrative
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
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