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Hi,
Have Honda Pilot 2018 elite model. suddenly on Thursday when the car was on and the seat warmer button was off, both the driver seat and passenger seat started to get hot and smoke started coming from the seats.
Does anyone else have this issue? I see that the old pilots had the same issue. Took to a Honda dealer and they are not being able to identify the issue.
They are charging me $1100 to have the seat removed and to perform the diagnosis. Bit pissed about this situation. Always had Honda cars and thought they are of good quality.
Any advice will be helpful.
thank you
Suresh