Quote Originally Posted by mpricecs View Post
There are a number of ODD things I have found with the Honda.

Firstly, the passenger seat has heating only in the base where as the drivers seat has it in the base and back. The excuse of the airbag system seems lame, both seats have airbag and other makes/models seem to cope.
The reason for this is that Honda incorporated a passenger height detection system on the seat back. It actually relays to the SRS computer approximately how tall the passenger is, based on the seat back sensors. If the person is too small, i.e. a young child, the seat-airbag is disabled. My guess is, they could not reliably heat the seat back with the sensors in place. The driver seat does not have this detection system, as it is assumable that if you are tall enough to drive, then you are all right.