Been working my new switch and rebuilt heater/defroster lately and that switch definitely runs hot.
it's a variable resistance type switch and it runs hotter when it's turned down to run the 6v motor slow. It smoked the 1st couple times I ran it but it seems to have burnt off whatever packing/grease etc that may have been on it when new. It still gets so hot that you can't touch the porcelain and metal backing.

Is this SOP for this setup?

Dave