# 2006 PONTIAC TORRENT — SEATS
> NHTSA complaint `851875` · 2011-04-16 · 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:** TORRENT
- **Year:** 2006
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SEATS
- **Miles at failure:** 80,000
- **Speed:** 55 mph
## Narrative
WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY 2006 PONTIAC TORRENT, MY DRIVER SIDE HEATED SEAT CAUGHT FIRE.  THE SEAT WAS TURNED ON AND BEGAN GETTING HOTTER THAN USUAL.  I BEGAN TO SMELL BURNING.  I WAS ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND COULD NOT PULL OVER, SO I STUCK MY HAT BEHIND MY BACK DUE TO THE HIGH TEMPERATURE.  ALTHOUGH I TURNED OFF THE SEAT I STILL SMELLED BURNING AND THE SEAT WAS STILL HOT.  WHEN I GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY, I SAW THAT THERE WAS A WHOLE BURNED INTO THE SEAT AND MY HAT WAS SMOKING AND HAD A WOULD AS WELL.  THIS COULD HAVE BEEN MY BACK.  *TR
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