2007 Honda Accord Seats Problems

BROKEN SEAT FRAME BRACKETS/RAILS/HINGES LEAVING DRIVER TO SEAT IN RECLINING POSITION, PREVENTING THE DRIVER TO BRAKE AND APPLY NECESSARY PRESSURE TO STOP SAFELY AND PREVENT AN ACCIDENT. I WAS DRIVING AND WAS INVOLVED IN A MINOR ACCIDENT. I NOTICED THAT I COULDN'T APPLY THE NECESSARY PRESSURE TO STOP THE CAR SAFELY BECAUSE THE DRIVER'S SEAT WAS MOVING PREVENTING ME FROM APPLYING THE NECESSARY PRESSURE ON THE BRAKES

MY DRIVERS SEAT MOVES BACK AND FORTH WHEN BRAKING/APPLYING GAS PEDAL. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. I ALMOST ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE OF THIS CONSTANT MOTION WHEN DRIVING. MY MECHANIC DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND HE ALSO CONSULTED A HONDA DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT HELP. VERY UNHAPPY WITH HONDA. SEEMS THEY'RE DISCONCERNED WITH THIS IMPORTANT SAFETY ISSUE. MY TWO KIDS ARE NOW BANNED FROM DRIVING MY CAR UNTIL WE GET ANOTHER CAR. I LOVE HONDA'S BUT I REFUSE TO PUT UP WITH THIS. I'M CURRENTLY LOOKING AT OTHER CAR MANUFACTURERS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT OBSERVED AND SMELLED SMOKE FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

THE DRIVER SEAT TO THE 2007 HONDA ACCORD IS INCREDIBLY UNCOMFORTABLE. I BELIEVE IT CAUSES POOR POSTURE AND OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES WHEN I DRIVE THE CAR CONSISTENTLY ON MY DAILY COMMUTE. I COMMUTE A DAILY ROUND TRIP OF 1.5 HOURS. IN 2012 I NOTICED HOW UNCOMFORTABLE THE SEAT WAS BECOMING. I COULD NOT FIND A GOOD POSTURE, AND ULTIMATELY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINTS WITH COMORBID SPINAL PAIN AS A RESULT OF DRIVING IN THE CAR. I AM NOT OVERWEIGHT, VERY SLIM ACTUALLY. I HAVE NO OTHER PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. MY WIFE ALSO COMPLAINS THAT THE SEAT CAUSES HER BACK PAIN WHEN SHE USES IT TEMPORARILY. THE HEAD REST PROTRUDES AND PUSHES THE HEAD FORWARD INTO A CHIN-TO-CHEST POSITION. THE SIDES OF THE SEAT CUP THE SHOULDERS AND BACK, PUSHING THE SHOULDERS FORWARD AND PROMOTING A SLOUCH OR SIDEWAYS SITTING POSTURE. I BELIEVE THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW. *TR

ON A SIX HOUR VACATION TRIP, I BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE ACUTE MIDDLE BACK PAIN. I HAD BEGUN A NEW JOB ABOUT A YEAR PRIOR TO THIS TRIP, IN WHICH I MADE COMMUTES OF ABOUT 1 HR. AND 15 MINUTES ROUND-TRIP ON 4-5 DAYS A WEEK. I HAD NOTICED OVER THE COURSE OF MY NEW COMMUTE THAT MY CAR SEAT BECAME INCREASINGLY UNCOMFORTABLE. HOWEVER, WHILE ON THIS LONG SIX HOUR TRIP, ABOUT 3 HOURS INTO THE TRIP I BEGAN TO FEEL SEVERE BACK PAIN. I DON'T THINK WE HAD TAKEN A REST BREAK BY THIS POINT IN THE TRIP. IT BECAME UNCOMFORTABLE FOR ME TO REST MY BACK IN THE SEAT, AS MY MIDDLE VERTEBRAE FELT VERY SENSITIVE TO THE TOUCH. IT THEN BECAME MORE DIFFICULT TO SIT IN A CHAIR FOR MORE THAN A FEW MINUTES, AND OF COURSE THE DRIVING POSTURE BECAME INCREASINGLY PAINFUL AND UNCOMFORTABLE. AFTER SOME CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT, THE INTENSITY OF THE PAIN HAS LESSENED, BUT THE DISCOMFORT HAS NEVER FULLY GONE AWAY. IN RECENT MONTHS A PHYSICIAN HAS TREATED MY BACK PAIN BY WITH A PRESCRIPTION STRENGTH TOPICAL NEURO/INFLAMMATION OINTMENT. THE PHYSICIAN HAS NOT YET GIVEN A SPECIFIC DIAGNOSIS TO MY CONDITION, BUT THE PAIN AND DISCOMFORT SEEMS TO BE LESSENING VERY GRADUALLY. I BELIEVE THE PAIN AND DISCOMFORT IS CAUSED BY THE PRONOUNCED "CUPPING" SHAPE OF MY CAR'S SEAT AND HEADREST, WHICH KEEPS ME FROM FINDING A COMFORTABLE POSTURE WHILE DRIVING, ESPECIALLY ON LONG-DISTANCE DRIVES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT RAIL WOULD NOT ALLOW THE SEAT TO LOCK INTO PLACE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO MOVE FREELY AS THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING OR APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE AS TO WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE SEAT RAIL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,725.

THE SEAT ON OUR 2007 HONDA ACCORD EX HAS A TERRIBLY LOUD SQUEAK/CREAK SOUND IN IT EVERY TIME THE CAR MOVES AND/OR WE GET IN OR OUT. WE HAVE TAKEN IT BACK TO THE DEALER TO FIX THREE DIFFERENT TIMES OVER THE 8 MONTHS THAT WE HAVE OWNED IT AND THEY HAVE REPLACED ALMOST EVERY PART IN THE BASE, TRACK AND CUSHION, BUT THE CREAK WILL NOT STAY AWAY LONGER THAN A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE IT RETURNS, OFTEN WORSE THAN BEFORE. I KNOW IT IS NOT A LIFE-THREATENING DEFECT, BUT WHEN YOU PAY OVER $20,000 FOR A BRAND NEW CAR, THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING OR THEY SHOULD AT LEAST BE ABLE TO FIX IT! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE THE RELEASE LEVER WAS PUSHED DOWNWARDS TO SLIDE THE PASSENGER SEAT FORWARD, SOMETHING UNDERNEATH THE RELEASE LEVER CUT THE CONTACT'S MIDDLE FINGER. HE RECEIVED SIX STITCHES. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 3,000. *UPDATED 12/12/07 *BF UPDATED 12/12/07

2007 HONDA ACCORD LX. DELIVERY TAKEN IN DECEMBER 2006. FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT HAS BECOME EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE TO SIT IN AND DRIVE. LUMBAR SUPPORT "WINGS" ARE EXTREMELY HARD CAUSING SEVERE PAIN AND NUMBNESS IN MY LOWER BACK (PAIN AND NUMBNESS LAST FOR A TIME AFTER I GET OUT OF CAR) IF I SIT AND DRIVE OVER 15 MINUTES. I VISITED DEALERSHIP, TOLD NOTHING THEY COULD DO AND TO BUY A LUMBAR ROLL FOR MY SEAT. CAME HOME AND CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE AND I WAS INFORMED THAT "A TECH SAYS" THE FOAM CAN IN FACT BECOME VERY HARD UNDER COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS AS BEING EXPERIENCED IN MASSACHUSETTS IN 2007. WAS TOLD TO GO OUT AND BUY A LUMBAR SUPPORT PILLOW THAT INFLATES AND PUT IT IN CAR ONLY WHEN I DRIVE AND RUN THE HEATER BEFORE I GET IN FOR A WHILE. PROBLEM SHOULD DISAPPEAR WHEN WEATHER WARMS UP, BUT WILL CONTINUE DURING COLD WEATHER. THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE, CAR CANNOT BE GARAGED TO PROTECT AGAINST COLD WEATHER. HOW CAN I DRIVE THIS CAR IN THE FUTURE WINTERS WITH THIS EXISTING PROBLEM? *NM