I purchased my 2011 on 9/19/16. I did not notice how uncomfortable the car would be when I did a test drive. My hip hurt the first time I drove it. Within a week not only was my hip and leg bothering me but my upper back as well. The headrest was pushing my head forward so turned it around. Did not help. Readjusted the seat and steering wheel in every position. Did not help. Tried cushions from Relax the Back store. Did nothing. I am now seeing a chiropractor to get my body back to normal.

I am now driving my husband's pickup. Due to financial circumstances it would not be wise to get rid of the CRV until next year. Very disappointing as I really wanted a Honda CRV. Are there replacement seats that would be more comfortable?

Our mechanic really praised the CRV for its dependability and ease of repair. Is there anything Honda would do to help with this situation or is my only solution to get rid of it and go to another make and model.

The headrest is designed so that you have to drive with a forward head posture which causes neck pain. I challenge the R&D Honda people to visit a chiropractors office and have explained to them the negative long term health effects of forward head posture. No matter how much you adjust the seat, there is no way around this due to the fact that the headrest juts forward. The owner's manual is a joke! You cannot avoid this head jutting position unless your recline the seat into a position that has you leaning back. The only way around it is to recline the seat and sit upright with no support for your upper back. Not sustainable on the 5 hour drives i need to do.

After a 5 hour drive, it takes me hours if not overnight to recover. I went today to look at the 2015 to see if they had changed them, they haven't despite many, many online vents about this problem.

The Honda dealer says you cannot change them for safety reasons. I never should have sold my 2003 without whipping the headrests out of it!

When I drove short distances for a couple of days, I would sit upright and slightly lean forward. That way my back wouldn't be flush against the seat and I was not using the head rest.

But when I drove a long distance last night I could not hold that posture without getting fatigued. So I leaned back and tried to rest my head like you would do on a long drive and tried many different positions, varying the distance between the seat and the steering wheel, the angle of the seat, etc. I could NOT get comfortable and it was very uncomfortable to drive. When I got out of the car it was still uncomfortable and I realized that my whole back and neck was hurting. It still hurt when I went to bed and it continued to hurt after I drove to work. This lasted during most of the day and then aggravated again when I drove home. It also sort of feels like maybe the left side of the seat is pushing against my back more.

1) The seat is just very hard. I can feel the seat (where you sit) comes up in the middle, like the butt cheek sides are sunken in, but the middle isn't, it isn't flat. So that hurts my butt and lower back because I feel like it is pushing up on me with the bump in the middle. I put a pillow over the seat and still felt the issue.

2) The mid to upper back of the seat pushes out farther than the lower back contact. That causes pain in my middle to upper back. I used a pillow here as well and still didn't seem better.

3) There is a gap between trying to rest my head and the top of my shoulders against the seat. I cannot do it comfortably. The head rest pushes my neck forward and does not allow for support for my shoulders. So, my neck and shoulder's hurt.

This is a big deal. The seat is just too hard. It feels like you are sitting are a hard foldable metal seat. I am really disappointed and worried because I just purchased it and it wasn't something that happened over time but in the first couple of days. I really like the CR-V, but it is the whole seat that is really hurting my back and neck and I don't know how to remedy that since I just tried to use pillows for the back and seat and still felt uncomfortable.