# Service bulletin 15236A

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10247249
- Published by NHTSA: 2023\-12\-18
- Manufacturer's number: 15236A
- Manufacturer's date: 2016\-01\-01
- NHTSA component: UNKNOWN OR OTHER; SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER

## NHTSA's summary

Resistance Wire Heated Seat Spot Burn Holes

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10247249-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10247249-9999.pdf)

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## Components

Seats

## Vehicles listed

- 2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX
- 2006 PONTIAC TORRENT

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [06\-00\-89\-029V](/bulletins/11000158.md), 2024-05-16, Service bulletin: SEATS; UNKNOWN OR OTHER. This service bulletin includes information on Interior Cleaning \- Instrument Panel \(IP\), Hard or Plastic Surfaces, Seats, Carpet, Leather, Vinyl, Fabric Cleaner, Stain Remover, Restorer \- Product Availability.
- [15790](/bulletins/10248424.md), 2024-01-08, Service bulletin: SEATS; SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER. Resistance Wire Heated Seat Spot Burn Holes
- [15236Aa](/bulletins/10247248.md), 2023-12-18, Service bulletin: UNKNOWN OR OTHER; SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER. Special Coverage Adjustment Revised
- [15236b](/bulletins/10247246.md), 2023-12-18, Service bulletin: SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER; UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Resistance Wire Heated Seat Spot Burn Holes
- [06\-00\-89\-029K](/bulletins/10138114.md), 2018-05-21, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; SEATS; EQUIPMENT. This informational bulletin provides dealership personnel with information on interior cleaning of Instrument Panel \(IP\), hard or plastic surfaces, seats, carpet, leather, vinyl, fabric cleaner, stain remover, restorer and product availability.
- [06\-00\-89\-029I](/bulletins/10134672.md), 2018-04-23, Service bulletin: SEATS. This informational bulletin provides information on the proper cleaning products for GM hard or plastic surfaces, seats carpet, vinyl.
- [GCUS\-9\-1529](/bulletins/10079743.md), 2016-09-12, Service bulletin: SEATS. 15236A \- SPECIAL COVERAGE \(REVISED PART ORDERING INFORMATION\). VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN BUILT WITH FRONT SEAT HEATER MAT ELEMENTS \(SEAT CUSHION OR BACK REST\) THAT MAY OVERHEAT. IF A SEAT HEATER MAT ELEMENT OVERHEATS, IT MAY PRODUCE VISIBLE AND LOCALIZED HEAT DAMAGE TO THE SEAT COVER AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGE THE OCCUPANTS CLOTHING. IF THE ELEMENT FAILS COMPLETELY \(DUE TO MELTING OR FATIGUE\) THE CIRCUIT WILL OPEN, RENDERING THE SEAT HEATER INOPERATIVE. IF THE CONDITION OCCURS WITHIN THE STATED TERMS, DEALERS ARE TO INSPECT AND REPAIR BACK HEATER AND/OR CUSHION HEATER AS NECESSARY.
- [GCUS\-9\-1506](/bulletins/10079724.md), 2016-09-12, Service bulletin: SEATS. 15236 \- SPECIAL COVERAGE. VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN BUILT WITH FRONT SEAT HEATER MAT ELEMENTS \(SEAT CUSHION OR BACK REST\) THAT MAY OVERHEAT. IF A SEAT HEATER MAT ELEMENT OVERHEATS, IT MAY PRODUCE VISIBLE AND LOCALIZED HEAT DAMAGE TO THE SEAT COVER AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGE THE OCCUPANTS CLOTHING. IF THE ELEMENT FAILS COMPLETELY \(DUE TO MELTING OR FATIGUE\) THE CIRCUIT WILL OPEN, RENDERING THE SEAT HEATER INOPERATIVE. IF THE CONDITION OCCURS WITHIN THE STATED TERMS, DEALERS ARE TO INSPECT AND REPAIR BACK HEATER AND/OR CUSHION HEATER AS NECESSARY.

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