The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is investigating car seat heaters in order to ascertain their safety in connection to reports of burn injuries caused by such heated seats. According to burn doctor David Greenhalgh 105 degrees is the maximum temperature that such a heated seat should ever reach. Paralyzed people and those with sensory issues are especially susceptible to such possible injuries from heated seats. Greenhalgh said that he had treated one patient with third-degree burns due to a heated seat that reached 120 degrees in a certain spot. Recommendations for mitigating the opportunities for such accidents to occur are: disconnection of seat heaters when in use by those with sensory issues a maximum temp for car seat heaters and an automatic timer that will shut off such heaters.
– Texas Product Defect Attorney Michael Grossman
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