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Frying Pan Into the Fire -- Chip Shortage
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<blockquote data-quote="Weather Man" data-source="post: 16693933" data-attributes="member: 137766"><p>The chip shortage has forced automakers to a new low … literally. <em><a href="https://www.autonews.com/automakers-suppliers/gm-removes-popular-heated-seats-option-much-lineup-due-chip-shortage" target="_blank">Automotive News</a></em> paints a chilling picture: General Motors has temporarily stopped offering heated seats on many of its crossovers and full-size pickups because of wafer scarcity. Said vehicles include the Chevy Colorado, Blazer, Equinox, all Silverados and Traverses except High Country trims; the GMC Canyon and Terrain; and all Sierras and Acadias except the Denalis. It gets worse, too: these models will lose their ventilated seats and heated steering wheels, too. GM says it’s made a tradeoff, sacrificing the comfort of your rear in favor of three other features—for the pickups only—including digital temperature displays through the 2022 model year. (So you can shiver in your unheated thrones with full and complete awareness of the outside winter temperatures?) GM says it is exploring whether it can retrofit affected vehicles with the heated and ventilated seats later once parts become available.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Weather Man, post: 16693933, member: 137766"] The chip shortage has forced automakers to a new low … literally. [I][URL='https://www.autonews.com/automakers-suppliers/gm-removes-popular-heated-seats-option-much-lineup-due-chip-shortage']Automotive News[/URL][/I] paints a chilling picture: General Motors has temporarily stopped offering heated seats on many of its crossovers and full-size pickups because of wafer scarcity. Said vehicles include the Chevy Colorado, Blazer, Equinox, all Silverados and Traverses except High Country trims; the GMC Canyon and Terrain; and all Sierras and Acadias except the Denalis. It gets worse, too: these models will lose their ventilated seats and heated steering wheels, too. GM says it’s made a tradeoff, sacrificing the comfort of your rear in favor of three other features—for the pickups only—including digital temperature displays through the 2022 model year. (So you can shiver in your unheated thrones with full and complete awareness of the outside winter temperatures?) GM says it is exploring whether it can retrofit affected vehicles with the heated and ventilated seats later once parts become available. [/QUOTE]
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