The front driver and front passenger seats are uncomfortable to a point where it affects my driving ability. When I drove for two hours I needed to adjust my self in my seat multiple times causing me to not focus on the road. After the two hour drive I had bad lower back pain.
2012 Honda Accord seats complaints
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There seems to be a flaw in the 2012 honda accord front driver and passenger seats that makes them so uncomfortable that it is actually painful. While this may seem to just be a superficial matter, I believe that it is serious because the discomfort is so bad that, while driving, the driver has to shift in the seat frequently to try to alleviate the discomfort. This creates a potential safety issue. Moreover, after driving, the pain in my right leg and bottom is so bad that it can last for hours, if not days. I am concerned that the seats are causing permanent nerve or muscle damage. The injury may not be visible, but something bad is happening. The pain seems to be cumulative because it seems to be getting worse the longer that I drive this car. I thought that perhaps I was the only one who had this problem until I went on-line and discovered hundreds of similar complaints posted on several websites. On september 13, 2013 I brought the problem to my honda dealer when I took the car in for routine service. They said that no seat defects were found when compared to the seats in another vehicle of the same model. Because the problem continued, in june 2014, I contacted american honda headquarters who arranged to have the car seats examined. Once again, I was told that they did not find any manufacturing defect and therefore, there was nothing that they could do. I don't suggest that there is a manufacturing defect; I am stating that there is something seriously wrong with the design of the seats. With the hundreds, if not thousands of complaints posted on-line, it is hard for me to imagine that honda is not aware of the problem. Because honda doesn't seem inclined to do anything about the problem, I request that the federal safety agency get involved and have honda correct the problem. Thank you.
Seat design does not provide comfort and could cause driver to have an accident because you have to shift your body so that the seams on the seat do not pinch your sciatica nerve...it causes numbness in your leg which could impact pressing on the accelerator. Also, back of seat design causes pain for people with back issues (herniated discs).
My main issue with this vehicle is the seating, specifically the drivers seat. I can honestly say its the worst seating I've ever experienced in a vehicle. This is very surprising, especially since im talking about a 2012 honda accord! While the seat is relatively comfortable in short trips, any longer trips (greater than 30 minutes) plays havoc on my body. Im a male of average height (5 foot 10 inches) and weight (170 lbs) a long trip in this vehicle causes soreness in my lower back, neck and numbness in my legs. I have tried to make several adjustments to this seat to alleviate the problem but have had no success. My wife also has similar issues with the seating and the effect on her body. In defense of honda, I have not brought this issue to their attention. However, after reading hundreds of complaints on the web concerning this seating issue and hondas response to their complaints, my attempt to highlight this problem to honda would most certainly fall on deaf ears. I have read "home remedies" for making modifications to the seat to increase comfort but should I have to resort to such maintenance? Nothing can be done to improve the seating in this car short of replacing the seat.
The drivers seats are very bad and cause back problems. I have developed server back aches after using this honda for the past 3 months.
A month after purchasing this vechile, I noticed back pain. Every tiem I got into the car, I tried to repostion the seats to get comfortable. However, I was unsuccessful every time. I tried even adding a pad between the seat and my back and behind to make it more comfortable. All I find myself doing is moving and repositioning at stop lights or red lights on my hour drive to and from work. I am never comfortable in the car. My heead always feelings like its being pushed forward because of the head rest and my lower back feels like I am sitting in lower than the rest of me. I have gone to my doctor numerous times with back pains and neck pains. I know have to constantly sleep with a heating pad to relieve the soreness from this car. Every other car I have ever owned I feel safe and experience no problems, except this one.
1). "acceleration" - my daughter drives this vehicle most of the time and she has complained to me on several occasions that this vehicle is hesitant in its acceleration speed (0mph at a stop, up to 55-60 MPH getting onto highways).for an example: she has advised,on several occasions when as she goes on the "highway" into merging traffic, the car looses power and does not accelerate up to proper speed to get on highway to merge into traffic . She stated pushed the gas pedal down to the floor, then a couple of seconds, the car will pick up speed. Also, when at a "stop sign" once she presses gas pedal to go,the car hesitates to take off and then it goes. We reported this to the honda warranty department in feb/march 2013, was told "take vehicle to honda dealer". We did and mechanic advised-could not find anything wrong with the car. To date as of (4/20/2013 my daughter still experiences this hesitant acceleration problem. Its not right and I am paying $560+ dollars a month for a new vehicle with these problems. This is a serious safety concern I have for her, driving this car. I saw a tv commercial about a recall on honda accords and I was quite surprised that when I logged onto the federal safety agency website the number of people who are having the same problems with there 2012 honda accords as we are experiencing. 2)."headrest" -while driving the vehicle on a highway trip-october 2012, I noticed that I could not properly rest my head on the "drivers seat headrest. I am 5ft-5 &1/2 inches tall. I tried to adjust the driver's headrest up and down, but I could not place it in a comfortable position to help support my head and neck. It was very uncomfortable and I could not properly fit my head on the rest for ease of driving, especially for support of my neck. It was extremely painful and stressful on my neck as I have already had pre-existing conditions with this part of my body.
Seats are designed extremely badly - they made some change from prior year(s), as I have been an accord owner for many years, and I have never had neck and back problems caused by its seats before. I noticed the issue right away after driving it for about a half hour - you just don't do that at the dealership. If I had had the car for a day or so to drive, I would not have bought it due to this problem. Issues: headrest is tilted forward in such a way that it causes neck and back pain. The seat itself is not comfortable - kind of slumped and cupped in a bad way. Promotes pain and very poor posture for someone 5'4" (me). If you remove headrest, you have just screwed yourself out of a safety feature. I can't believe honda, as a good company, is not responding to people's complaints about this. My neck and back problems caused by this now require medical attention, and I am seriously thinking of selling the car and never buying another honda product again, if they don't make it right soon. Safety issues: (following came from another complainant, and I agree with all of it) the seats and head rests has been poorly designed. It looks that these has been designed for men having a height of more than 6 feet. I have a standard height of 5'-9'. When I rest my head to the head rest, it touches only less than one cm to the head rest. I can not lower down the height of head rest because the back of the seat is too high. There is a big gap between neck and head rest. The most dangerous aspect of this design is that if a speedy car or truck hits my car in the back, my head will stop with head rest and body will stop with back of seat but neck, having no support backward, will bent and may be broken and ultimately may cause of death.
The seats and head rests has been poorly designed. It looks that these has been designed for men having a height of more than 6 feet. I have a standard height of 5'-9'. When I rest my head to the head rest, it touches only less than one cm to the head rest. I can not lower down the height of head rest because the back of the seat is too high. There is a big gap between neck and head rest. I have made a rough sketch of this situation but I don't know how to send it to you. The most dangerous aspect of this design is that if a speedy car or truck hits my car in the back, my head will stop with head rest and body will stop with back of seat but neck, having no support backward, will bent and may be broken and ultimately may cause of death. I faxed it in details to honda customer service, torrance, ca90501 on 12/3/12 with sketch and faxed three times every week. I also advised them to make an experiment: have a dummy of man made of broken glass, seat it in the car, buckle up and hit the car forcibly in the back, the neck of dummy will be broken. I told them that the car was garaged for the last more than one month at 8024 miles odometer reading, take this faulty car back and return my money. After more than 40 days, I received a phone call from honda customer service that my claim was rejected as the car was not found faulty. I request you to please check this fault and take necessary action at your end. I am ready to hand over the car to you. I am not using this car any more.
One month after purchasing my honda accord coupe, I had horrible back pain. I could barley walk without help. I went to the doctor and was prescribed muscle relaxant and ibuprofen. My back has not stopped hurting. I commute 45 mins each way to work 5 days a week. I thought back to when my back pain began and the accord was the only change that I made. I decided to google to find out if any other 2012 honda accord owners were experiencing back pain problems and to my surprise a number of owners are. I will contact honda to see if they will rectify the problem, but from what I read from other consumers honda will not do anythin.
My experience operating the honda accord on the date of purchase indicates sitting in the driver's seat with sound posture and best-case seat adjustments caused all back pain issues I was experiencing. The honda accord driver's seat is the only variable and is solely responsible for my back pain; all variables considered, age, sex, height, weight, weather, office chair, etc. Honda engineers, manufactures, quality assurance, and general staff should be ashamed for selling a car with such a poorly constructed seat! The driver's seat is defective and over a very brief duration demonstrates the potential to adversely impact a persons health in a harmful manner.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 honda accord. The contact stated that the driver and passenger seats were very uncomfortable, causing him to sustain back pain. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technician stated that there was no remedy. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 15 and the current mileage was 16,000..... Updated 03/08/13 *bf the consumer stated he disabled the seat restraint, so he could drive the vehicle in a comfortable manner. The consumer stated honda continued to deny there was a problem. Updated 03/11/13
Front driver seat is causing neck,back and hip pain after driving 10-15 minutes, adjusting seat does not help. I took vehicle back to dealership, they inspected seat and said there is no problem, I told them there is a problem because no matter who drives the car everyone experiences the same pain. I googled "accord seat problem" and found that there are several websites and hundreds of people having the same issue. For a company that makes such great cars I never expected to have a problem with a seat, I hope they value their customers and fix the problem.
The seats and head rests has been poorly designed. It looks that these has been designed for men having a height of more than 6 feet. I have a standard height of 5'-9'. When I rest my head to the head rest, it touches only less than one cm to the head rest. I can not lower down the height of head rest because the back of the seat is too high. There is a big gap between neck and head rest. I have made a rough sketch of this situation but I don't know how to send it to you. The most dangerous aspect of this design is that if a speedy car or truck hits my car in the back, my head will stop with head rest and body will stop with back of seat but neck, having no support backward, will bent and may be broken and ultimately may cause of death. I faxed it in details to honda customer service, torrance, ca90501 on 12/3/12 with sketch and faxed three times every week. I also advised them to make an experiment: have a dummy of man made of broken glass, seat it in the car, buckle up and hit the car forcibly in the back, the neck of dummy will be broken. I told them that the car was garaged for the last more than one month at 8024 miles odometer reading, take this faulty car back and return my money. After more than 40 days, I received a phone call from honda customer service that my claim was rejected as the car was not found faulty. I request you to please check this fault and take necessary action at your end. I am ready to hand over the car to you. I am not using this car any more.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 honda accord. The contact stated that the driver's side seat and head rest were very uncomfortable, causing her to sustain back pain and headaches. The dealer was contacted who did not offer any assistance. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who offered to file a complaint. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 15,012.
I have been seeing my doctor since august 2012 for acute lower back pain which has now become chronic. This came upon all of a sudden and my doctor nor me don't know the cause. I stumbled across the car stats website and couldn't believe all the complaints about the front seats and the back pain associated by others. Now, the mystery is over! My chronic low back pain is probably caused by my 2012 accord. I am 42 years old and have never had back problems before. Something must be done!!! I have been a proud owner of a honda accord since 1991 but this is my last one unless honda can fix this problem. For all you back pain accord drivers, contact me and lets get honda's attention. Would love to hear from fellow drivers with the same problem! [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
The front seats in the 2012 honda accord are so bad the owners are altering the seats and compromising the built in safety design. The seats in this car can physically hurt your back mine goes numb after a 30 min ride. Honda of america needs to put on notice the seats in this car are now a safety issue. I did contact honda they did not deny the seat problem but offered no solutions other than trade in the 2012 accord for the 2013 with the new seat design.
The front seat design on the honda accord is terrible. It causes lower back pain and pushes your head forward. Due to the uncomfortable seat design your focus moves from being on the road to trying to alleviate pain or get comfortable and in turn reduces focus on the road and increases risk of having an accident. This seat issue is widely reported at http://www.carcomplaints.com/honda/accord/2012/.
Purchased a new 2012 accord in june and have been very happy with it with one very big exception; the drivers seat has a definite design flaw. The seat is basically impossible to adjust to a comfortable position and there is no doubt it does cause lower back pain. On any drive over 15 minutes, the seat has to be repeatedly re-adjusted to be able to continue driving with any semblance of comfort. From what I can see by researching complaints on the internet, the problem is caused by a safety device embedded in the seat back that activates in a rear end collision. This complaint has been reported by a large number of people and really should be looked into as it does pose a safety hazard as the need to constantly reposition the seat (and your body) in order to drive the car is fatiguing and a definite distraction to ones driving. Thought is might "break in" but after 3 months the problem still exists. Have owned many cars over the years and have never had this type of problem in any other vehicle I have owned or driven.
Uncomfortable seating caused a severe pain in the neck and lower parts of the neck and shoulders. Neither numerous seat adjustments nor cushions/supports did not help solve the problem. This happened when driving on the highway and loss of concentration occurred which was extremely dangerous and was forced to stop frequently to help ease the pain until we return back home safely. The pain still exists even 4 days after it actually started during the drive. Have reported this problem in one of the car complaints forum also.
Driver seat is very uncomfortable, it causing me severe back pain, I just purchased this car last month, I called honda but unfortunately they have no solution.I hop some one can step up and solve this issue.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 honda accord. The contact stated that the driver side head rest would move forward too far and was causing pain to the contact's neck when driving. Additionally, the seat caused pain to her back and was extremely uncomfortable. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and recommended the adjustment of the seat. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 1,500.
The seats in this car are junk and a safety hazard. After 20 minutes of driving they cause severe back, leg, and neck pain. I have repositioned the seat hundreds of times and still unbearable. Its has 600 miles on it and we are trading it in tomorrow at a loss of thousands. We have had the car 2 weeks.. Thousands of complaints online about the same problem but american honda said they haven't heard about it. Don't buy a honda accord unless you like looking at it because you can't drive it. Not a happy customer. Honda should refund our losses.
The front seats have bad design and are very uncomfortable for longer drive. Both my wife and I spend three hours a day commuting, and my wife developed a severe back pain after first week of driving. The only way to make this car semi drivable and avoid crippling permanent back damage is to remove lumbar plates from inside front seats. This is a well documented "solution" on the internet, and many honda accord owners resort to this drastic step compromising integrity of the seat. The front seats must be redesigned and replaced. This car must be retested for safety with the seat back rest support plates removed.
The front seats are so uncomfortable you cant go over 15 miles without being in pain. Something has got to be wrong with the design on the lumbar support.
The driver's seat is incredibly uncomfortable to the point of not being able to sit still for more than a 20minute drive. This is a safety issue, and one that I've never had in my 2 current honda vehicles. The lumbar support bar protrudes into your back not allowing you to sit properly into the seat and causing extreme discomfort after 20mins of casual driving.
Very uncomfortable front seats are causing back problems and driving discomfort.
Seats are very uncomfortable. Excessive pressure from the seats lumbar area. They cause back, leg and hip pain. This was not noticed on the 10 minute test drive. Becomes unbearable after 20 minutes of driving. The pain is distracting, constantly adjusting the seat looking for a position to easy the pain. Honda has been contacted and has not offered a solution.
The front seats create increased lower back pressure that does not allow a proper driving position; you cannot drive comfortably for more than 30 minutes at a time.
I purchased my honda accord 2012 se model, 3 months back. During this time, I developed more back pain due to driver side seat and this seat is not giving any comfort and even lumbar support also not giving correct position, seating in driver side seat creating lot pain , back hurting requesting honda to replace driver side seat with correct one as this creating medical problems.
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