It was recently revealed that General Motors is removing heated seats from a variety of crossover and pickup models, with heated steering wheels and ventilated seats also on the chopping block. The new changes are due to the ongoing microchip shortage.
Per a recent report from Automotive News, the feature deletion will go into effect starting next week on November 15th. Meanwhile, some range-topping trim levels may continue to offer heated seats.
The feature reduction is said to affect over a dozen nameplates, including the Chevy Colorado, Chevy Blazer, Chevy Equinox, GMC Canyon, and GMC Terrain. The Chevy Silverado and Chevy Traverse are also affected, with the exception of High Country trim levels, as are GMC Sierra and GMC Acadia models, with the exception of Denali trim levels.
Affected vehicles may also delete ventilated seats and the heated steering wheel. The heated steering wheel feature will be eliminated from several of the same vehicles starting November 22nd.
The changes are expected to remain in place through the 2022 model year. Looking ahead, the inclusion of these features with affected models in the future hinges on the availability of microchip supplies.
Customers affected by these changes will receive some kind of credit compensation, which could range between $150 and $500. It’s also possible that some models may be retrofitted with heated and ventilated seats when parts are available again in the future.
General Motors also indicated that it will reinstate a few features previously eliminated due to the microchip shortage, including digital temperature displays for some pickup models.
Unfortunately for customers, the deletion of heated seats could prove to be a major issue, given the huge popularity of the feature. The deletion of heated seats is the latest General Motors casualty in the ongoing chip shortage, with the automaker forced to cut production from a variety of facilities around the world, although some production has been reinstated as supplies fluctuate. The latest indication is that the chip shortage may last into the 2023 calendar year.
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Seems that soon we will only get 4 wheels a chassis and pedals. Seems it may be time to hold off on purchasing vehicles unless you absolutely need it. In the Northeast, heated seats are a given in almost all vehicles. Maybe they should only eliminate that feature in areas that don’t really need them.
Would be important to make sure the cars and trucks can be retrofitted. Cars and trucks are expensive goods and here in Canada heated seats are more than welcome.
In my case, the heated steering wheel is a Godsend due to some neuropathy in the ol’ paws. VERY welcome on winter mornings even here in the NE Tennessee hills.
What part of Tennessee are you in?
The Tri-Cities area. I’m running a Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid. The heated seats and wheel are very welcome.
Perhaps gm can go back to carburetors on their engines too. Whoever makes these dumb ass decisions should be fired.
There would Not be a shortage if they stop making EV chips only.
… buy a Ford T all black … this is the Trend
Maybe we should wait to buy a new gas powered vehicle until 2023 because general motors priority now seems to be electric which is a good idea in small amounts not overnight most people don’t want electric yet and what is it going to do to the old industry with all the suppliers of parts and equipment Another political blunder if you get my drift
There’s no chip shortage for the electric vehicles that’s what Mary Barra said a few months ago now you know where GM’s head is at
I know there is always a conspiracy theory out there, but the electric vehicles are on a different/newer chip architecture. This difference makes it easier to get chips for new architectures. The real problem is cars manufactures stick with old/reliable chip tech and don’t update when they should. I see the same issues in the aerospace industry. We have to pre-buy extra chips because we know they will be obsolete in 2 years because we are required to use proven architecture.
I think reality is that they just didn’t cancel orders for those chips because they knew they wouldn’t be selling a ton of those either way, and the rich people who buy them are typically insulated from economic downturns.
Just delete the damn trucks, I’ll keep my 2014 GMC Sierra until all this BS is through.
Greedy fools, shove your trucks where the sun don’t shine!
There are taking away the heated seats and steering wheel and raising the prices a bunch of morons at gm I won’t be buying or leasing gm cars anymore
I don’t live in an extreme cold region and don’t need this option but why so many features need it’s own microchip?, can’t they just run certain controls though the main CPU or go “old-school ” and have a relay?.
They’d be better off halting production. As someone who lives through half the year in cold winters, this would 100% be a dealbreaker for me. I’ll drive my current vehicle for as long as I have to if it means I can’t get heated seats in whatever new vehicle I’m shopping for. As far as buyers who aren’t set on a certain make/model, this may be the dealbreaker for them as well…opting for the vehicle WITH heated seats if it comes down to it. Bad move GM.
Production isn’t stopping and there is no end in sight for this issue.
Yes Frank you’re probably right but the public expects a fully loaded truck that they’ve been pushing for a long time and now you’re taking away options that people like and depend on and they give you back $50 for this and $50 for that well that’s not gonna cut it maybe they should sell it to somebody else
People will have to go back to what they did before heated seats and heated steering wheels. They will get along just fine and somehow manage to persevere. These features are luxury features that are not necessary. Seeing all of the complaints about this issue is the perfect example of a “first world problem”. Automakers have spoiled their customers with all of these unnecessary features.
People are asked to go without won’t spend 50k on a vehicle, which is what keeps gm in business.
This is actually a deal breaker. I use heated seats 8 months of the year almost daily. My current lease is up in March. I hope they have this rectified by then or I don’t know what I’ll do.
Why delete such a popular feature, when they could delete some of the useless safety features. or things like the rear media centers. I know of a couple people looking for cars currently, and they said GM is by far the “worst”. Currently, they are marking up their vehicles more than Ford/Ram. There is a lot less inventory, and the vehicles available are either super bare bones, or loaded to the gills.
Because the useless safety features are mandated by Our Better in Washington, that’s why.
Probably because the take rate on those features aren’t enough to move the needle on the crisis.
Don’t worry. For the chump change gm is comping you you can buy some pretty good plug-in slipover heated seats and heated steering wheel covers on Amazon. A nice look for a $50,000 vehicle.
Total deal breaker. Wasn’t there an article a few days ago saying heated seats was one of the most desired features followed by blind spot monitoring? GM needs to realize that this is going to cut into their sales. I will not get a vehicle without heated seats, and no, $500 will not persuade me.
They’re deleting it because they can’t get the parts to include it. They are not removing it by choice.
That is a definite deal breaker. Northern climates need this, especially at the price charged for vehicles now a days. People who don’t care what they drive and migrate to Hyundai, Kia, or any other manufacturers that have it. Very sad state of affairs.
Northern climates do not *need* heated seats. The car still has a heater, right? That has worked perfectly fine for drivers for several decades.
Other companies are not deleting heated seats. This is an avowal of failure on GM’s part if they cannot obtain a simple component that others are readily installing in their vehicles. Don’t tell me there’s only one way to get heated seats. GM could’ve figured this out if they wanted to.
Stupid move GM. For the price of a new vehicle these days it better darn well have heated and cooled seats. Not only are you destroying the options people have come to know and expect on a new vehicle, but you are destroying the resale value of those vehicles down the road. Fortunately I’m not in need of a new vehicle right now but if I was, I might have to look outside the GM family.
You can’t include something you can’t get the parts for.
Instead of getting rid of heated seats, get rid of the stop start feature.
Nobody wants the start stop feature I agree, most of us think it’s so stupid .Us in the north welcome the heated seats more then the heated steering wheel.Maybe GM should of made it in house like the good old days.
I think GM is seriously underestimating the importance of this feature to customers.
Important or not they can’t source the parts. This isn’t just a GM problem. Tesla is shipping cars without USB ports.
I’d gladly buy one of these trucks with reduced features if they’d sell for reduced prices and you could actually get your hands on one. I’ve actively been looking for one in the maritimes for over a year but unless you want a high country, fully loaded elevation, AT4 or Denali then the dealers don’t care to talk to you. When the cheapest pickup you can find starts at 70k for something I’m going to drive on pot holed salt covered roads, it’s personally not worth it to me. You walk in and ask for little more than a work truck and they say come back in a year or two and we’ll talk then.
Exactly, you and lots of other people that need a new truck.. GM knows they will be able to sell these, and some people will step up to the higher trims to get the features, its a win win…
Maybe I can take the heated seats out of my 15 year old GMC and put them in my 2022. Way to go GM.
Well so much for getting a new Silverado next year ! With no heated seats or steering wheel I’m tapping out as those two options are a must for Canadian winters . Fingers crossed that 2023 or 2024 is a better year for microchip inventory .
As someone who lives in the Midwest where winter can get pretty cold I’m imagining myself buying the 2022 Duramax for 75k and not getting heated seats. I simply wouldn’t take it. Heated seats now what’s next?
Well, ventilated seats and heated steering wheels are included too….
If you are buying the Denali or High Country they will still have all the features, its the lower trims being de-contented.
Shoot Tesla recently removed USB-C charger plugs from their cars…
Where did you get this information?
Interesting to see the high profit Escalade is missing from this list.
I guess they can’t afford to anger the one percent.
The deletion of Heated / Cooled seats and Heated steering wheel along with previously deleted wireless phone charging will be a definite deal breaker for many purchasers like myself.
If GM decides to cancel all these options off my 2022 Cadillac XT5 that I ordered back in mid August for $70,000, then I’m definitely going to cancel my order and look elsewhere down the road.
I noticed it said the High Country and Denali were exceptions so my Platinum XT5 Cadillac better be the same!
I’m fine without the wireless phone charging feature, however, not having heated or cooled seats will make my $70,000 SUV worthless down the road when it comes time to trade it in.
Platinum XT5 is excluded from the list for the heated steering wheel but looks like the heated seats in the rear will be taken out.
Thanks Cadillac Sales Lady for the info!
I’ve reached out to Cadillac Canada for an update on my order. They informed me they will talk to my dealership to get the information they require about the build and will get back to me within 72 hours with an update on exactly what… if anything in changes are to be made to my order.
Not sure how they intend to remove the rear seat heaters when it is specially apart of the tri-zone air conditioning control panel?
Are they planning on removing the tri-zone air conditioning option too! You can’t get the rear heated seats unless you order the rear a/c.
Not a problem…I sell these and can have aftermarket installed for $400.
Good morning sales consultant I also used to sell putting aftermarket crap in a car usually fails or are you just concerned on making a sale
How much to add ventilated seats aftermarket wise? Plus who will warranty the aftermarket crap that gets put in? Not GM.
My wife just had her 2017 Equinox 3.6L with only 18,000 miles written off and she has her name on the last 2022 Blazer RS we have coming at the dealership that isn’t already pre-sold. She wanted to order her own in her preferred colour, but she said there is no way in hell she is going to pay $56K (Canadian) for a new vehicle without heated/vented leather and heated steering wheel (while GM gives her a couple hundred dollars credit). I guess she will take the one that is coming.
Bad move GM. GM burned a lot of bridges with suppliers when covid hit and they cancelled their contracts because GM thought car sales was going to plummet. The guessed wrong. And now suppliers have put GM on the back burner. Yes, other manufacturers are seeing some issues, but nowhere near as bad as GM. Time for new leadership at GM.
All the American Automakers are taking it to the chin with these supply issues.
GM is faring the worst with Ford a very close 2nd place in the suffering group.
Now the Japanese brands with their highly intelligent leadership are doing well and gaining market share. When buyers see the better quality in their Toyota or Honda you won’t see them come back to the American brands.
I know it sounds petty, but heated seats are one of those tiny luxuries that make a big impact on customers, especially at the mid-range level. It’s a feature that provides a little comfort, a little joy and you absolutely notice it. I understand it’s a supply issue, but if someone is shopping, say, an Acadia SLT vs. a mid-range Highlander, Grand Cherokee L, etc. and the competition has heated front seats while the Acadia doesn’t, they’re going to scratch the Acadia off their list if they’re in a cold winter climate. It’s that important a feature these days.
This microchip shortage is causing so much uncertainty the car companies like GM trying to do what ever it takes but customers like my self have high expectations when there spending a lot of money for a new vehicles and expect all the goodies but if they can’t deliver then they will move on to other manufacturers and gm will feel the hurt .wanted to buy a new 2022 gmc c u v but now need to rethink my decision I won’t settle for anything less I need my heated seats and steering wheel 150-500 discount won’t cut it for myself ! Another silly decisions! Gm is doing a great job by not trying to sell u a new car
blah blah blah… If there are no chips, there are no chips… This problem hits everyone, not just GM.
You don’t have to settle, just buy the highest trim levels and they will have all the features…
My local Hyundai dealer seems to have plenty of vehicles on his lot and they replenish weekly. Some one is doing something right.
Ummm the Japanese brands are doing quite well actually. Their impact from the chip shortage has been much smaller than GM, Ford and Chrysler.
As mentioned even Kia has been faring well.
I live in upstate NY. I would never buy a vehicle without those items.
So don’t buy one… GM doing fine without you…
Donavan, you sound like you either purchased one of GM’s vehicles with missing features and now feel ripped off, or you are a GM rep trying to insult people who disagree with removing basic features from trucks. The truth is that GM is making bad decisions and including features that most would pass on if given the choice. Of course, if you want to give GM $75K for a fully loaded vehicle be my guest, but most of us are paying high prices for things like LT or LT Trail Boss trims and it is plain stupid to remove things like Heated Seats, especially in cold climates. And I will remind you, as you insult and put down others, that lost revenues are lost revenues, and I can guarantee you that there are more people considering pulling orders, holding off or going to competitors than you might think. And there are many companies that have gone out of business with that “they are doing fine without you” attitude. Sorry you are so sour.
Donavan, Uh, no GM is not doing fine without these customers. Yes, average transaction price is up, but number of sales is down tremendously. Since this was first announced just a couple days ago, our dealership here in Canada has had nearly a dozen customers with factory orders call and say they are cancelling if their vehicles are affected. They will go to other brands. So GM may not feel the immediate affect, but their support network in the form of dealerships are. GM has already lost dealerships over this. One advantage GM had over import dealers was the support of a dealer network (there’s a GM dealership every 50 miles or so compared to imports who mainly have them in cities). Small town dealerships are closing, and the advantage GM had over imports for rural buyers is also disappearing.
And not every brand is being hit like GM. GM panicked when Covid hit and thought car sales would plummet. So they cancelled their short-term chip supply contract. Boy were they wrong. And now the chip companies are putting GM on the back burner, and rightfully so.
Thats a smart switch, to be honest. The Lexus will prove a better vehicle over time. You would never get me to buy any GM vehicle FWD based. I am a big GM fan and investor, but No thanks on the junk.
Donovan, are you Mary’s lover?
Donovan you sound so negative about General Motors why are you even on this site and about the Lexus being so much better maybe in some areas but wait to you have to Buy parts and have it serviced and Toyota trucks they don’t even come close full size
If my new Suburban Premier that I ordered this summer doesn’t come with the heated and cooled seats that I ordered they can keep the damn thing. GM may get this sale if it has all the things I ordered on this vehicle but in the future I’m looking at all the other manufacturers before I get my next vehicle. I’m also sick and tired of waiting on my new premier suburban to come in, now ordered 5 months ago!!
Looks like your Suburban isn’t on this list, but your suburban might have the DFM removed. It looks like the seat feature is being removed from the higher trims of the lower quality vehicles, where most are snot equipped with the option.
GM might as well start referring to the remaining 2022’s as 2023’s!
For the amount of time people are waiting for and the continued delays in production of these vehicles, it will be closer to 2023 before we see them anyways. 🤔
This is about more than heated seats. I’ve been a GM loyalist my entire life. I’m not wealthy. An Acadia SLT lease is the highest I can go. So for those saying “just leave GM then,” or “buy a higher trim,” that’s missing the point. GM, in my opinion, seems to have shifted its priority to it’s high end buyers. I’m not naive, I know the profit margins are best in the Denali, High Country pickups, and Escalades. But GM used to offer competitive products at all price points. To reduce content at the midrange and focus on high end customers, you’re going to lose mid- and low- range customers. Those are customers who aspire to one day shop high end. Put a bad taste in their mouth on their way up and you may lose them forever. I never thought I’d consider a non GM-brand, but if these trends continue my next lease might have to be from another company – one that understands the mid-range lessees and buyers and finds ways to put the features they expect in the vehicles their plunking a lot if their hard earned money on.
As of yesterday, I was waiting for the new 2023 Colorado that has been touted by the media over the last two weeks. It looks as though I will have to switch to a different brand. Short sighted decisions to send chip manufacturing was such a bright idea. These corporations will do anything to save a nickel for a larger compensation package by the board of directors. Need bigger yachts! If this happens, you have lost me GM. Life long GM buyer here…..David
Is the Terrain Denali included in this mess or am I safe? Have one on order since June 2, as I left showroom I told salesman “see you in 6 to 8” I meant weeks not months. Maybe build these vehicles so either chips or PC boards can be insalled later. We (wife) will not accept this car without heated seats or steering wheel!
I think your safe Todd I also interested in a terrain denali and thinking the same thing but if Denali trim is not affected we are good but since the delays keep continuing might as well call it 2023 terrain Denali and who knows they might put back the 2.0 l engine I will be happy with the 2.0 LSY . If we are lucky enough!
This is what the US automakers get for outsourcing to offshore companies, especially China. If the chips were made here in the US they wouldn’t be in this situation. How much more do the chips cost to be made domestically? At the current price of new vehicles do you really think it would really make a difference? If it’s the environmental issue in the manufacturing of the chips, figure out how to make a “clean” chip. It can be done if the market demands it.
The chip shortage isn’t the necessarily a deal breaker but the $5-25000 most dealers are tacking onto sticker prices is. Who would have thought so many would be willing to pay it?
Heated seats, steering wheels, engine blocks, mirrors, rear windows etc should be standard on all models in Canada. We get ripped off from the manufacturers on these features.
Well your hands and ass will be cold but they are still firing OnStar chips in every single one of them.
I had planned to buy a new GMC Terrain Denali this year to replace my 2018. Of course they didn’t make the Denali trim this year so I thought I’d wait to 2022. Now I can’t get the bigger engine, and now no heated seats and wheel which WILL be a deal breaker for the wife. If you got the $$ you should be able to get WHATEVER you want. GMC will have one less sale this year – mine.
Here’s a great idea; Let’s design the world’s most complex computer chips and outsource the fabrication to Malaysia, Taiwan, China, the Philippines and other far away countries so we can show the stockholders how great we are at generating profit! In my town, Intel built a multi-million square foot facility to fabricate memory chips. That lasted several years and then they tried to sell the specially designed building to other chip builders. It was a no-go and now the City/County has moved almost all of its support services into a building they probably purchased for ….$1. Now the local DMV, Tax Accessor, health department, et cetera are occupiers. Why haven’t we learned that outsourcing to foreign countries is absurd. In all probability we’ve given China all the tools for our destruction!
Actually part of the supply problem is that the automotive chips are old technology. The chip companies want the auto industry to switch to the new high-tech ones they build for phones, computers, TV, etc. But automotive manu’s have tested them and they don’t stand up to rain, cold, dirt, dust, heat, potholes, etc. That is why automotive manu’s still use older designed chips, because they are more dependable. But the chip makers don’t want to switch production to these older style chips as it costs money to do so, and they don’t make as much profit on the older style chips. So it’s just not a supply issue, it’s a stand-off between the chip makers and the automotive industry.
If it’s not able to be retro fitted that’s a deal breaker. Why would you pay $50k on a truck and not get something that comes on cheap vehicles…
Wow watch sales plummet in every region except the south and west coast. No heated seats else where wow what a crazy decision. I had one vehicle with leather seating in Illinois with no heated seats option and believe me no way ever again in the winter months. Crazy decision GM
Heated seats come in handy inland in California. The General has a problem.
The article I read indicated High Country’s, Avenir’s, most Denali’s and high-end Cadillacs will have heated seats and steering. You just have to shell out a few extra bucks!
New trucks don’t need a steering wheel anymore.
It’s interesting that only Chevrolet and GMC models are listed here as losing the Heated / Cooled options. Why no Cadillacs or Buicks?
They are considered luxury. Can’t remove from a luxury vehicle.
I refuse to buy any vehicle that has a markup. As for heated seats the same goes no heat no sale.
I was amazed at the comment in the story stating “unfortunately for customers” just had to laugh at that one. It’s not unfortunate for me, it’s unfortunate for GM maybe, I just won’t buy a GM vehicle if heated seats aren’t on the option list. Too bad GM decided to follow the new norm and outsource their chip production rather than investing in upgrades to the one they used to run themselves. They decided to follow everyone else off the cliff and outsource their production, now it is biting them right in the ass. Even now, after they state the chip shortage has cost them billions of dollars, they still are just patiently waiting for someone to send them some chips. At what point does the light come on in their head and they realize they could make their own chips again? If they had started gearing up their abandoned chip factory at the beginning of the shortage, they could be making their own chips by now and would be the only US automaker to be unaffected by the chip shortage. Ironically they are using their abandoned chip facility to store trucks that do not have enough chips to complete production. Seems that proverbial light bulb may need to be replaced.
I agree with the angry mob, this is a bad choice. They should have halted production on less valuable models like the camaro and buick and anything sedan related vs trimming.whats considered a basic feature. Someone paying 60k for a RST model isn’t gonna just be OK with not getting heated seats, especially when competitors offer it.
GM has handled this chip shortage really poorly, I don’t fathom how Mary hasn’t been retired by now.
So what about the thousands of Colorados completely built waiting on chips? The seat and steering wheel has the heating elements. So when they get the boards missing a few chips will it just have buttons that dont work? Kinda bummed I’m not getting what I ordered. Or started nov 22 on whats being built?
Gm can’t make a decent electric vehicle and their head isn’t there. They are so far behind in that regard. Who wants a stripped down $50000 vehicle. Hello 1990 again.
Heated seats and a heated steering wheel are a must for me. They are really nice in the winter here in Iowa. Even the vented seats are nice in summer.
Imagine telling our parents or grandparents that we canceled our order on our new truck because the seats and steering wheel won’t keep our ass and hands warm!! They would hand us a sheepskin throw and a pair of gloves and say, “You’ll survive, your ass is a long way from your heart and if you get desperate while you’re driving place your knee against the bottom of the steering wheel, cup your hands over your mouth and breathe hard a few times.”
I bought my 2021 Envision just in time. Fully loaded. Although not listed above, the 2022 did remove a few features. I think I would buy a vehicle without a steering wheel before not having heated seats. What a joke. Going to be interesting to see how large the price reductions are.
due to this idiotic policy decision I cancelled my 2022 GMC Acadia SLT, living in the Northeast heated seats and steering wheel are a great option especially with leather seats and steering wheel. Priority is with electric vehicles and with Mary Barra’s salary she could build her own factory making microchips.
My wife and I love The heated seats we have a 2013 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE and a 2013 impala LTZ both have remote start and heated seats it’s nice up here in Washington State during the winter’s.
Does anyone know if the dealers are responsible for notifying the customers of these changes being made to their orders or is it just gonna be sticker shock to most when they see the list of credits on their revised invoices for parts not included?
According to Cadillac Canada, it is indeed the responsibility of the dealership / salesperson to report on any delays in ordering / shipping or changes to customers order in a prompt and reasonable timeframe.
Wow, so much negativity going on as usual. Let’s put some perspective to this.
Tahoe/Suburban, Yukon and Escalade aren’t listed. CT4 and CT5 and Corvette aren’t listed. Silverado and Sierra are listed but it clearly calls out 22 model year.
This comes down to old electrical architecture and GM just can’t get the parts. Anyone think they’re really doing this purposely? Be patient, give it a few months and the shortages will continue to improve. Best of all, EVs won’t be impacted so all the complainers can order up the EVs.
Nobody thinks they want to do this. They’re saying that GM messed up really badly at the start of this, and it’s unacceptable. How they haven’t publicly removed their failed leadership over this is mind boggling. I guess because the market only cares about your ev efforts, and not actually making money.
And again, reity is, most buyers don’t want EVs. Stuff like this isn’t going to push people into an EV. It will just push them out of your brand, into a used car, or keeping their existing car.
GMC Fan….your name and comment are all one needs to read to know where you are coming from. But realize people here are commenting on things that are relevant, while you call them complainers and push them to EV’s. Many people out there do not want EV’s and people in the market right now have a right to to make comments, especially when the problems being experiences by GM are also due to poor planning. Their decisions are questionable at best. But you keep insulting customers since that is a great plan to help GMC as their fanboy.
If GM is the only company having parts issues, explain to me why Mercedes will not be selling V8s in 2022 model year. Why is BMW pulling features from their vehicles more significantly than GM? Ford is still bumbling the launch of the Bronco and still no F150s on the lots.
If you absolutely must buy a new vehicle now, suffer the consequences. I’ll wait until I can get exactly what I want.
Mercedes only needs to sell the V8 in the AMG brand. Since the sales are much smaller they can get away with a stop sale on that for a few months.
Great way for Mercedes to lose more credibility. They already lost a ton watering down the AMG line, why not eliminate the rest of their luxury credibility?
The luxury brands really need to recognize they need things like v8s to separate themselves. You can get a higher feature content in a kia Telluride now than many Mercedes products. If you’re saddled with only a turbo 6 or turbo 4 for power, then you’re basically selling “spend more for this Mercedes because people will think you’re rich”.
One of my local TV stations has tried to find a silver lining: used car inventories are low, so trade-ins and purchases of cars are beneficial, but a trade-in would go toward a really expensive new car. So much for silver linings.
My 2002 GMC Sierra has heated seats.
Yet another reason the GMT 800 vehicles are the smartest pickups and SUV’s on the road. Highly intelligent and financially smart people drive them.
Gullible money fools buy these new trucks/SUV’s.
Perhaps I’m crazy for thinking this, but would it not make sense for GM to reach out to the dealerships of the sold orders so that they can find out which customers are ok with the deletion of these options so that a credit could be issued and their vehicles be shipped out faster to them? Whereas, those who still want these features will be aware that it will prolong the delivery of theirs by perhaps months until adequate supply of chips can be found.
Maybe GM should contact Hostess Frito-Lays to see if they have any “old chips” laying around? 🤪
On Saturday I was ready to go to the Dealership. Already did my build after waiting for Leather Seats to become available in the 2022 GMC Canyon AT4 Off-road, maximum options All In. Then I read this article, I couldn’t believe it, not again. I live near Buffalo NY, heated seats & heated steering wheel are NOT an option, and as for the new truck it is now off the table. I am sure glad that I subscribe to GM Authority, yet so disappointed that the 2020 is off the table. As Big Game Al stated GM should reach out and see people that really need these options get them. But with me they lost a sale, Totally Sucks.
Funny to see all this excitement about heated seats. 25 years ago, GM would have 40% market share and heated seats did not exist. Now you won’t buy one because they are not available. C’mon!
Why all this fuzz? You are paying thousands for getting vinyl seats now called leatherette or any other funky name, and then pay more to heat up that vinyl, that sure it freezes down.
Get fabric seats and let your butt to heat them up in about 5 minutes.
For the wheel, get any of the ultra expensive North Face, Columbia or any other brand of gloves.
Why the people living in Yakutsk don’t complain? Just take a look at the map.
Why people in Florida or Arizona keeps ordering fully loaded vehicles with heated seats and still pay extra for a feature not used?
GM has not stopped building cars with the remote starter, so make sure yours have it, start your vehicle remotely, let it heat and problem solved.
I live in FL and use my heated seats all the time. It really made your back feel better on the trip to work. And yes I know that makes me sound like an old person.
This will be terrible for people who purposely paid thousands extra for a trim level to get the heated seats and wheel. From a Silverado standpoint there are plenty of folks who cringe at the styling differences between and LTZ and High Country and may have chosen to option and an LTZ to HC spec – now to not receive these features when their order comes in. I’ll admit I jumped ship from GM a month ago over their package limitations and forcing expensive and unwanted options at the consumer to get basic features. This is a total dealbreaker for a lot of people. Maybe Ford will do the same and I’ll receive my order without the seats and wheel I paid for. I figure it will cost upwards of $5K to retrofit the wheel, seats, HVAC module and programming using parts from a wrecker and over $10K through a dealership. They’re offering up to $500 in compensation?
Andy will not buy!
well, in was planning on a 2023 Traverse RS but won’t settle for deleted “Standard” features at the $50K price point. you can get a loaded Subaru XT with more features for $40K. or the Ford Explorer ST for $55 or a loaded Kia Telluride for $50k. GM better figure it out quick as consumers have plenty of options and i have not seen any other manufacturer dumping “standard features” …….. my 2011 Silverado has plenty of
life in her, but i like to upgrade at the 10-12 year mark and the 2022 Traverse RS was my #1 choice…..
Bought a 2021 Premier RS AWD in June. Completely loaded, paid just over 50 for it. Has 8,000 kms on it now, probably get $60,000 at auction for it no problem!
Just to update everyone on this issue. The 2022 Sierra AT4 Carbon Pro Diesel I ordered just arrived at the dealer this week. I can confirm that it was shipped without the chips for the heated/cooled seats and heated steering wheel. They are giving $150 in credits for this as well and offering the retrofit for both once chips are available. Unfortunately they really have no timeframe for when this will happen or what the process will be.
The important thing is that you will be getting these features instead of getting the full refund and not at all.
As I understand it, all of the required components should still be on your vehicle except of course for the activation microchips and semiconductor chips that operate them. In some cases, the control panels for the A/C which house the heated and cooled seat options has been replaced with a generic panel devoid of these buttons so that panel will have to be swapped out when the chips are available again. Not a big issue for retrofitting down the road as the idea was probably so that you wouldn’t keep pressing those buttons wondering why they didn’t work.
As for the inconvenience of taking it back to the dealership for retrofitting…. Just schedule your next oil change at the same time and it won’t feel like you’re having to do a special trip!
All will be good in the end. 😃👍🏻
Yeah the heated steering wheel just has the generic panel but the heated seat buttons are there as the should be. I’m not too worried about it knowing they will be added…but when it is -23 C like it is this morning they would be nice to have now! Haha