Front Seat Head Restraint problems of the 2009 Honda Accord

The head restraint is too far forward and causes neck pain. I've only had the car a week, and I'm having the same issues as others who have filed complaints and hundreds of people in online forums.

The driver seat in my 2009 Honda Accord is horrible!!!!!!!!!! the active restraint is killing me. I plan on removing the safety device if it is not plugged into a sensor. It causes my to squirm around while driving effecting my driving. What a joke this is my first Honda buying because of style and great history of reliability. Like everything else on the vehicle. Hope I can remove seat cover and bend something or remove the safety device. What a joke Honda.

Head restraints are uncomfortable and cause neck and back problems.

2009 Honda Accord sedan. Consumer states design problem found with head restraint. The head restraint was very uncomfortable.

I have had upper back and neck pain for about 3 years now and could not figure out why. I've recently gone to a back pain specialist and found that my problem has been caused by my posture, mainly from the newer cars I've been driving the past couple years. I've now bought and sold several cars in the past 3 years thinking "I just need a larger more comfortable car" however that I not the case. The known fact that automobile seats are "very uncomfortable" made so by the forward design of the headrest, causing your head to bent forward while driving. To correct the problem, I've turned my headrest around backwards "not too safe" to relieve my neck pain and this has worked, but it is very unsafe. . . . . But I have no choice another example, I am renting a car because my Honda is at the body shop. The rental car company gave me a 2012 chevy malibu "it is even worse" I started driving this car at 5am this morning and within 10 miles, I was in severe pain. The problem now is I cannot turn this headrest around backwards as it appears you are not able to remove the headrest to turn it around. To resolve this, I'll be turning this car back in today in an attempt to get a different car that might allow me to drive without severe neck and back pain. Please - change the headrest requirement "now" to allow a safe but more comfortable ride while driving. I've now driven a 2006 civic, 2009 Accord and a 2012 mabilu in the past 3 years and all three vehicles are very uncomfortable. At least the Honda's you can remove the headrest and turn them around. Please help.

I have recently purchased a 2009 Honda Accord lx-premium and believe that the front seats are unsafe. I believe that the feature to move the headrest forward in the event of a rear-end collision puts the upper-back region of the seat too far forward, creating a very uncomfortable region with little lower-back support. I find that my lower-back aches after an hour of driving, and needed to lean up against the steering wheel while driving to relieve the pain. I believe this is unsafe if the airbag deployed. I have resorted to putting a bolster pillow in the lumbar region, but this again places me too close to the airbag, on the edge of the seat, and no more seat adjustment is possible. I have seen these comments on-line as well, and some have been cutting into the seats to disable the headrest feature, with mixed results. I dont want to open the seats to perform these actions since the side airbags are in the seatbacks. I think these front seats should be promptly recalled in order to fix this design defect.

The 2009 Honda Accord has a problem with the drivers side front head rest. I continually place the headrest in the down position however because of it's design, when I get into the car and my back makes contact with the back of the seat it also makes contact with the headrest causing the headrest to rise up to the highest position making it hard to look behind you when you back up. I had a minor, parking lot fender bender because I could not see over my right should while backing very slowly. This is a very dangerous condition and should be fixed right away.

There is something wrong with the head restraint system on the car that causes constant back pain.

The contact owns a 2009 Honda Accord. When the vehicle was purchased, she was unable to sit comfortably in the driver seat due to the head rest. She also had a sharp pain between her shoulder blades after test driving the vehicle. She is familiar with detailed information related to the head rest and stated that the manufacturer should redesign the vehicle. Her height is 5'2 and could be a contributing factor; however, the head rest should accommodate all heights. She has owned the vehicle for three days and has considered returning it to the dealer. The current and failure mileage was 44.

The contact owns a 2009 Honda Accord. While driving approximately 65 mph, the front driver's side headrest struck the contact's head. The headrest failed to adjust properly to his height. The contact's height is 6'5. The failure occurred without warning when traveling on normal road surfaces and speed bumps. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for inspection and they stated that the headrest angle and height adjustment were a manufacturer design. The VIN was unable to be entered into the system. The failure mileage was 100 and current mileage was 350.