General Motors Can Retrofit Heated Seats In 2022
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Late last week, it was reported that General Motors would cut several popular comfort features from crossover and pickup truck models across its lineup, including heated seats and ventilated seats. Now, however, GM has indicated that it will be able to retrofit these two features on affected models as soon as next year.
According to a recent report from Automotive News, General Motors has confirmed that all U.S. vehicles previously affected by the deletion of both heated seats and ventilated seats will be eligible for a retrofit to have those features installed later. What’s more, GM says it will cover the cost of the retrofit for each affected vehicle.
Previously, it was announced that affected vehicles would receive a credit of $150 to $500. Now, however, with the availability of a free retrofit next year, affected vehicles will instead receive a credit of $50, per the Automotive News report, citing a memo sent to dealers. Unfortunately, the memo also states that vehicles missing heated steering wheels, another feature affected by the recent feature deletion, cannot have that feature retrofitted after the fact. As such, vehicles missing a heated steering wheel will include a credit of $150.
As reported previously, the feature reduction will affect well over a dozen nameplates from all four of GM’s U.S. brands, including GMC, Chevy, Cadillac, and Buick. Just a few of the models affected include the Chevy Colorado, Chevy Silverado, Chevy Trailblazer, GMC Canyon, GMC Sierra, GMC Terrain, Cadillac XT4, Cadillac XT5, Cadillac XT6, Buick Enclave, and Buick Envision. Check out GM Authority’s previous coverage for a complete list of which models are affected from each brand (GMC, Chevy, Cadillac, Buick).
The news that General Motors will be able to retrofit heated seats and ventilated seats as early as next year no doubt comes as a relief to both dealers and customers alike. In a recent report from market research firm AutoPacific, heated seats are the number-one most sought-after feature among car buyers.
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Are other automakers out there selling new stock? I don’t think so because they are having the same issues as GM. Gm is finding a way to get new vehicles to customers despite the chip shortage. Just about every vehicle now ships with remote start, if you live in a colder climate, remote start your vehicle before climbing it it. If not, you can wait for fully functional vehicles to come to market.
I’m fine with the $50 credit at pickup when it means I also won’t be paying for the retrofit of the rear seat heaters down the road. I’m just glad I will still be getting that feature instead of not at all.
For everyone cancelling their build orders over this credit, I say thank you as it’s allowing my order to move up on the build schedule so I’ll get to drive mine earlier than first expected.
Supposedly our Traverse is built and waiting delivery to our dealer. If it doesn’t have the heated seats and steering wheel when delivered we will cancel it and buy something else.
If your Traverse is already built, most likely it will have the heated options.
You should contact your dealer as they should have an invoice listing all that is included and what is not.
Gm trying there best to build vehicles with all the options we come to love but picking and choosing certain options might cost them in the long run when dedicated customers buy there vehicles but get fed up with spending big money on vehicles and they don’t have the options they want they start looking at other manufacturers that can accommodate the customer with out the nosense of deleted options then have to come back at a later date to install who wants to spend 50+ and go through that b s it’s all crazy I tell ya ….
Big deal. Go back and let them put in the chips. Everybody is having delivery problems. I sell windows, doors, roofing and gutters. Windows are now taking 14 weeks to get, roofing manufacturs have cut production on 3 tab shingles and moved to the higher cost ones and cut colors, gutter material suppliers can’t get the aluminum coil to make the gutters. Everyone is having problems.
I placed an order for a 2022 Denali pickup back in July which I have yet to receive. I saw it listed on the dealer inventory and read through the options listed. I was disappointed to learn that gm chose to delete the heated seats from the rear of the truck. After I bought my last truck and was not able to get them then I promised my daughters that the next truck would have them. Perhaps if gm built and delivered the truck in a timely manner I would have received the truck before they chose to cancel parts of the truck that I specifically ordered. Hopefully they will make this right down the road. At the rate they going with not delivering the truck ( was told early November that it was being shipped and was expected in 3-4 weeks) perhaps they can retro the situation before it is delivered